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Social stratification is structured inequality between groups.This inequality may be based on economics, gender, race, religion, age, or another factor
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Social Stratification and Class
Characteristics of
stratification systems
- Systems of inequality are organized around groups with a shared characteristic.
- The social location of a group is significant in terms of the life chances of members.
- Rankings of groups change only very slowly.
Three basic models
- Slavery—ownership of certain people
- Caste—status for life
- Class—positions based on economics
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Marx and class conflict
- Karl Marx was very interested in class relations in capitalist societies.
- Class was determined solely by one’s relation to the means of production. - Proletariat and bourgeoisie - Group membership utterly determined life chances.
- Ultimately the proletariat would overthrow the bourgeoisie, ending the reign of capitalism.
Weber: Class and status
- For Max Weber, position in a stratification system was not based on economics alone: social status was also significant.
- Weber’s multidimensional approach is attractive to those who believe that social prestige and power can be independent of economics.