Social startification

Social startification

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  SOCIAL STARTIFICATION
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  Objectives • After completionof the prescribed program the student should be able to know: • What is social stratification • What is global stratification • Difference between high & low income countries • Systems of stratification • What are class & caste system • What is poverty
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  What is socialstratification?
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  • Social stratificationis the hierarchical arrangements of large social groups based on their control over basic resources. • Max Weber’s term life chances refers to the extent to which individuals have access to important societal resources such as food, clothing, shelter, education, & health care.
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  GLOBAL STRATIFICATION It isrefer to the unequal distribution of wealth, power, & prestige on a global basis, resulting in peoples having vastly different life styles & life chances both within & among the nations of the world.
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  • The worldis divided into unequal segments characterized by extreme differences in wealth & poverty. • High – income countries • Middle income countries • Low income countries
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  HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES Theseare nation characterized by highly industrialized economies; technologically advanced industrial, administrative, & service occupations; and relatively high levels of national & per capita (per person) income.
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  MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES Theseare the nations with industrializing economies; particularly in urban areas, & moderate levels of national and personal income.
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  LOW INCOME COUNTRIES Theseare primarily agrarian nations with little industrialization & low levels of national and personal income.
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  SYSTEMS OF STRATIFICATION •Social mobility is the movement of individuals or groups from one level in a stratification system to another. • This movement can be upward or downward. • Intergenerational mobility is the social movement experienced by family members from one generation to the next.
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  • Intragenerational mobilityis the social movement of individuals within their own life time. • However, both Intragenerational mobility & intergenerational mobility may be downward as well as upward.
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  SLAVERY • Slavery isan extreme form of stratification in which some people are owned by others. • It is a closed system in which people designated as “slaves” are treated as property and have little or no control over their lives.
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  THE CASTE SYSTEM Acaste system is a social inequality in which people’s status is permanently determined at birth based on their parent’s ascribed characteristics.
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  THE CLASS SYSTEM Theclass system is a type of stratification based on the ownership & control of resources & on the type of work people do.
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  WEALTH Wealth is thevalue of all of a person’s or family’s economic assets, including income, personal property.
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  PRESTIGE The respect orregards with which a person or status position is regarded by others .
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  POWER The ability ofpeople or groups to achieve their goals despite opposition from others.
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  SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS To referto a combined measure that attempts to classify individuals, families, or households in terms of factors such as income, occupation, & education to determine class location.
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  CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL MODELS OFTHE CLASS STRUCTURE • The upper(capitalist) class • The upper middle class • The middle class • The working class • The working poor • The underclass
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  POVERTY • Official povertyline: which is based on what is consider to be minimum amount of money required for living at a subsistence level. • Absolute poverty: It is exist when people do not have that means to be secure the most basic necessities of life. • Relative poverty: it is exist when people may be able to afford basic necessities but are still unable to maintain in average standard of living.