stratification. stratification systems types slave: owners/slaves estate: nobility/church/ commoners...
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Stratification Systems
TypesSlave: owners/slavesEstate: nobility/church/
commonersCaste: birth & occupationClass: economics/
sociocultural traits
Comparative components1) Relative importance of
ascribed v. achieved statuses
2) Degree of mobility or openness
What is the Basis of social stratification?
MarxRelationship to the means of production
“Haves” v. “Have nots”Bourgeoisie/ capitalists v. proletariat /workers
What is the Basis of social stratification?
Ralf DahrendorfMay 1, 1929 – June 17, 2009)
"command class" V. "obey class" those with authority v. those without
What is the Basis of social stratification?
WeberLife Chances
Class, Status, PartyClass = market situation
Status=social esteemParty=ability to mobilize group for goal
A variety of ways to look at class
SES = Socioeconomic Statusincome/education/occupational prestige
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/Social%20Class
Class interactivehttp://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/national/20050515_CLASS_GRAPHIC/index_01.html
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/Social%20Class
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/national/20050515_CLASS_GRAPHIC/index_01.html ES
Income: Geography of Recession
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwWGzQ_FUtQ
Gilbert-Kahl Model of the Class Structure
http://uncgsoc101.wordpress.com/module-6-social-stratification/
Subjective class identification
Political Behavior
http://www.votecitizens.org/profiles/blogs/middle-classtake-over-the
Intersecting spheres
http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/class_domination.html
Wealth
http://uncgsoc101.wordpress.com/module-6-social-stratification/
http://motherjones.com/print/99036
Occupy Wall Streethttp://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com
the people 99%those in control 1%
Occupy Wall Streethttp://www.jenx67.com/p/pre-occupied-with-wall-street.html
That 9% rate, by the way, equates to 14 million Americans—people who want to work but can't find a job.http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10That 9% rate, by the way,
equates to 14 million Americans—people who want to work but can't find a job. http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10?op=1#ixzz1d3wjWqhU
CEO pay is now 350X the average worker's, up from 50X from 1960-1985.
Corporate profits just hit another all-time high.
The role of education in class
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2XHob_nVbw
Savage Inequalities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mdlYaCjf2I&feature=fvw
Photos of East St. Louishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2q3vqTiFHg&NR=1
Jonathan Kozol September 5, 1936-