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Click anywhere to play. Social Stratification, Social Class, and Ethnicity. Social Stratification. A system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy based on their access to scarce resources. Four Basic Principles of Social Stratification:.

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  2. Social Stratification, Social Class, and Ethnicity

  3. Social Stratification A system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy based on their access to scarce resources.

  4. Four Basic Principles of Social Stratification: • It is a characteristic of society, not simply a reflection of individual differences. • It persists over generations. • It is universal but variable. • It involves not just inequality but beliefs.

  5. Cultural beliefs serve to justify social stratification. That is part of the reason why it persists.

  6. Caste System- social stratification based on ascribed status. India and South Africa Class System- social stratification based on achieved status. Types of Stratification Systems

  7. Interpretations of Stratification • Functionalist • Meritocracy • Social Conflict (Marx) • Max Weber • Wealth, Prestige, Power • Socioeconomic status- An individual’s comparative status in a society based on factors (education, income and occupation).

  8. People in the US are stratified based on the following: Income Prestige Wealth Education Power

  9. Income • Wages or salaries from work and earnings from investments. • Distribution of Income in the US • Top 5th 47% • Next 5th 24% • Third 5th 16% • Fourth 5th 10% • Bottom 5th 4%

  10. Wealth • Total value of money and other assets, minus outstanding debts. • Distribution of Wealth in the US • Top 5th 80% • Next 5th 15% • Third 5th 5% • Fourth 5th less than 1% • Bottom 5th less than 1%

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