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is an important part of many areas of study in sociology, but it also constitutes a distinct field on its own.
Social Stratification
How much of the resources of society-owned by certain individuals.
Wealth
the degree of honor one's position evokes.
Prestige
the degree to which one directs manages or dominates others.
Power
Simply put, social stratification is the allocation of individuals and groups according to various social hierarchies of differing power, status, or prestige.
Social Stratification
Who mentioned private property as significant to the emergence and formation of classes is the division of labor.
Karl Marx
In the liberal view, society is to blame for the greediness and selfishness of people because it allowed them to struggle and compare with others for scarce resources.
Liberal View
Maintains the position that inequality is deeply rooted in the law of nature. By nature, human beings are percieved to be selfish and greeedy.
The Conservative View
as the division of people in society by their relationship to the means of production.
Class
Status refers to the social position that an individual occupies in society.
Status
refers to an individual's freedom to direct his/her own life as he chooses. Social power is the ability of an individual to make decisions that can affect the entire community.
Power
Individuals are born into a specific stratum and therefore one's occupation is determined by family affiliation. An individual has no opportunity therefore for socio-economic mobility.
Close Society
The members are allowed a certain degree of mobility however, there are still limitations like those of the caste system.
Estate System
though classes boundaries are unclear and people do not show excessive-class consciousness, inequality due to class division is apparent.
The open society
The interviewer provides categories, like income, occupation, and educational attainment of the respondent.
Objective Approach
The focus is on occupation that brings prestige and honor to a person.
Occupation Prestige Approach.
Basically concerned with ranking oneself. It is possible that respondents do not have any idea of social stratification.
Subjective Approach
This is;
a. Recreational activities;
b. material possessions;
c. organizational affiliations; and
d. school attended.
Lifestyle approach
The interviewer provides categories, like income, occupation, and educational attainment of the respondent.
Objective Approach
People they know in the community
residence type of the respondents.
Reputational Approach
Clean water and sanitation, health services, transport and family planning.
Provision of Basic Services
People would be able to "participate in making decisions that affect their lives and livelihood" as a result of this.
Mass Participation
The findings show that "the average income of Filipino increased by 49% or P 123,881 on what year?
1997
What are the Three kinds of Stratification System
Close Society, Estate System ,and the Open Society.
The urban poor are identified as?
Squatters, slums and relocation