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Global Stratification. By: Steve Shoup and Cody Whitteker. Objective. Describe/Explain Global Stratification. What is Social Stratification?. The system in which groups of people are divided into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige.
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Global Stratification By: Steve Shoup and Cody Whitteker
Objective • Describe/Explain Global Stratification
What is Social Stratification? • The system in which groups of people are divided into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige. • It’s a way of ranking large groups of people in a hierarchy that shows their relative privileges.
Systems of Social Stratification • Slavery- whose essential characteristic is ownership of some people by others. Example- Whites owning slaves during the Civil War • Caste- Status is determined by birth and is lifelong. Example- Someone born into the lower class will have low status no matter how much he/she accomplishes.
Systems of Social Stratification • Estate- Consisted of three different groups, or estates. • First • Second • Third
Systems of Social Stratification • Class- The class system is based primarily on money or material possessions. • Social Mobility
What Determines Social Class? • Max Weber Property- is significant in determining a person’s standing in society Prestige- the wealthy in general Power- the ability to control others In short, social class was based on a combination of property, power, and prestige.
What Determines Social Class? • Karl Marx Means of Production- the tools, factories, land, and investment capital used to produce wealth. • Bourgeoisie • Proletariat In short, people’s relationship to the means of production determined their social class.
Why is Social Stratification Universal? • Society must ensure certain positions are filled. • Positions are more important than others. • More important positions= more qualified individuals. • Greater rewards= greater motivation.
Why is Social Stratification Universal? • How do you measure importance? • Based on meritocracy. • Dysfunctional stratification.
Why is Social Stratification Universal? • Stratification based on power: -Organization is key to society’s existence. -Leaders and followers. -People are self-centered by nature.
Why is Social Stratification Universal? • Conflict makes stratification. • All ruling groups develop an ideology to justify their top position.
How do Elites Maintain Stratification? • Ideology Versus Force. • Divine Right of Kings. -Nobility and clergy used this to great advantage.
How do Elites Maintain Stratification? • Controlling Information: -Dictatorships -Democracies • Technology • Social Networks
Global Stratification: Three Worlds • First World • Second World • Third World • All transformed
How the World Became Stratified • Colonialism is the process by which one country takes over another, usually for the purpose of exploiting its labor and national resources • World System is economic and political connections that tie the world’s countries together
How the World Became Stratified • Dependency Theory is the view that least industrialized nations have been unable to develop their economies because they grew dependent on the most industrialized nations • Culture of Poverty a culture that perpetuates poverty from one generation to the next
Maintaining Global Stratification • Neocolonialism • Multinational Corporations • Technology and Global Domination
Interview • Is social stratification beneficial or detrimental to a society? -Beneficial, because even though people deny the fact that they wish to be in a controlled environment, it helps that we are contained by social classes. • How is social stratification evident in the United States? -The rich control most of the power and prestige making them the ruling class in America.
Works Cited • Baron, James. "Social Stratification ." Organizational Perspectives on Stratification . 28 May 2006. 15 May 2009 <http://ssr1.uchicago.edu/PRELIMS/Strat/stmisc1.html>. • Henslin, James. A Down-to-Earth-Approach. 5. Massachusetts: APearson Education, 2001. Print. • Lounsbury, Larry. "Global Stratification." Recent Articles by Larry Lounsbury. 23 April 2007. 15 May 2009 <http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?id=29230&AuthorID=47838>. • Wood, Robert. "Social Stratificiation." Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Campus at Camden. May 2002. 15 May 2009 <http://camden-www.rutgers.edu/~wood/332syl.html>.