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Derived from the word SRATA-Layer
STRATIFICATION-Layering
A system in which social mobility is based on personal merit and individual changes.
Meritocracy
The movement of people from one position to another in the stratification system that anyone can reach the apex or peak of the hierarchy.
Social Mobility
A group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status.
Social Class
Refers to the evaluation of the status,the prestige does not apply directly to the person but to the social category to which it belongs to.
Prestige
Types of Social Mobility
Horizontal and Vertical
Referring to a society’s categorization of it’s people into rankings of socioeconomic tiers based on factors like wealth, income, race, power and education.
Social Stratification
Systems of Social Mobility and give an example each
-Closed
-Open
It highlights on the interests that divide the people
Social Conflict Theory
Give a fundamental principle of Social Stratification
It is the characteristics of society,not simply a reflection of individual differences.
It persists over generation
It is universal but variable
it involves not just inequality but beliefs
Individual can change social class within society; flexible social roles and increased social mobility; ascribed status and personal achievement are combined in a way that allows for some social mobility
Class System
It emphasizes that all members of the society performs different roles based on their skill or ability
Functionalist Theory
The Common Basics of Social Stratification
Wealth
Property
Gender
Access to Political Power
Race and Religion
Access to material and cultural goods
It promotes belief in fate,destiny,and the will of higher spiritual power rather than promotion of individual freedom.
Caste System
Advocate by Karl Marx who saw the injustice and unequal treatment of the bourgeoise or the upper class to the proletariat or the working class during the industrial revolution.
Karl Marx’s Social Classes