stratification

Examples of stratification in the following topics:

• Weber's View of Stratification

  • Instead, he developed the three-component theory of stratification and the concept of life chances.
  • He noted that, contrary to Marx's theories, stratification was based on more than ownership of capital.
  • Weber differs from Marx in that he did not see this as the supreme factor in stratification.
  • Using Weber's theory of stratification, members of the U.S.
  • Recall the three components of stratification in Weberian theory, including their definitions

• Explaining Poverty: The Sociological Debate

  • Sociologists take two opposing approaches to explaining economic stratification: structural-functionalism and conflict theory.
  • Two classic sociological approaches to poverty and social stratification are structural-functionalism and conflict theory.
  • The structural-functionalist approach to stratification asks the question: what function or purpose does stratification serve?
  • Second, this approach assumes that the system of stratification is fair and rational, and that the ‘best' people end up on top because of their superiority.
  • In contrast to structural-functionalists, conflict theorists argue that stratification is dysfunctional and harmful in society.

• Dominant Perspectives

  • Stratification and inequalities are inevitable and beneficial to society.
  • The layers (stratification) are the inevitable sorting of unequal people.
  • There are several obvious problems with this approach to stratification.
  • Conflict theorists argue that stratification is dysfunctional and harmful in society.
  • Stratification benefits the rich and powerful at the expense of the poor.

• Stratification

  • Global stratification refers to the hierarchical arrangement of individuals and groups in societies around the world.
  • Sociologists speak of stratification in terms of socioeconomic status (SES).
  • Stratification is generally analyzed from three different perspectives: micro-level, meso-level, and macro-level.
  • Thus, stratification based on levels of physical attractiveness is analyzed as a micro-level process.
  • Analyze the three dominant theories that attempt to explain global stratification

• Power and Inequality

  • In sociology, social stratification is a concept involving the classification of persons into groups based on shared socioeconomic conditions; it is a relational set of inequalities with economic, social, political and ideological dimensions.
  • Theories of social stratification are based on four basic principles:
  • Social stratification is a trait of society, not simply a reflection of individual differences.
  • In modern Western societies, stratification is broadly organized into three main layers: upper class, middle class, and lower class.
  • Social stratification has been shown to cause many social problems.

• Global Stratification and Inequality

  • Stratification results in inequality when resources, opportunities, and privileges are distributed based on position in social hierarchy.
  • Classic sociologist Max Weber analyzed three dimensions of stratification: class, status, and party.
  • Modern sociologists, however, generally speak of stratification in terms of socioeconomic status (SES).
  • Stratification refers to the range of social classes that result from variations in socioeconomic status.
  • Stratification is generally analyzed from three different perspectives: micro, meso, and macro.

• Marx's View of Class Differentiation

  • In the Marxist perspective, social stratification is created by unequal property relations, or unequal access to the means of production.
  • In Marx's view, social stratification is created by people's differing relationship to the means of production: either they own productive property or they labor for others.
  • The means of production would be shared by all members of society, and social stratification would be abolished.
  • " Marxism is associated with a view of stratification that pits the owners of means of production against the laborers.

• Introduction

  • Stratification refers to the hierarchical arrangement of people in a society.
  • This chapter focuses on economic stratification; meaning how people are differentiated based upon their wealth (and/or power).
  • Sociology has a long history of studying stratification and teaching about various kinds of inequality, including economic inequality, racial/ethnic inequality, gender inequality, and other types of inequality.
  • The chapter then turns to dominant theories on stratification, and explores class, race, and gender inequality in more detail.

• The Feminist Perspective

  • Feminist theory analyzes gender stratification through the intersection of gender, race, and class.
  • In sociology, social stratification occurs when differences lead to greater status, power, or privilege for some groups over others.
  • Gender stratification occurs when gender differences give men greater privilege and power over women, transgender, and gender-non-conforming people.
  • Conflict theory posits that stratification is dysfunctional and harmful in society, with inequality perpetuated because it benefits the rich and powerful at the expense of the poor.
  • The feminist perspective of gender stratification more recently takes into account intersectionality, a feminist sociological theory first highlighted by feminist-sociologist Kimberlé Crenshaw.

• The Conflict Perspective: Class Conflict and Scarce Resources

  • Conflict theory of stratification holds that inequality is harmful to society because it creates a fixed system of winners and losers.
  • Conflict theorists argue that stratification is dysfunctional and harmful in society.
  • According to conflict theory, social stratification benefits the rich and powerful at the expense of the poor.
  • Therefore, conflict theorists believe that this competitive system, together with the way the game is "fixed", ends up creating and perpetuating stratification systems.
  • Conflict theorists would argue that they haven't, but rather have been used by the Walton family to solidify the patterns of stratification that keep the family rich.