PPT-Social Stratification and Inequality

Social stratification The ranking of people in a society into a hierarchy based on class gender ethnicity andor age In a stratified society there is an unequal distribution of things that are perceived as valuable eg in North America people who upper class are more likely to have a better education live in larger homes own more goods etc than those in the middle or lower classes. Stratification Essential Questions. EQ1: How does the caste system in India differ from the social class system in the US?. EQ2: How . do functionalist and conflict theorists differ in their explanation of stratification. Reflections . from. a South Asian Experience. DSA Conference. November 2013. Introduction. Reflections . from. South Asia. Thus reflecting upon post-industrial as well as post-agrarian societies, using UK as a proxy. 1. Social Inequality. . refers to any differences that result in some people having more socially valued characteristics than others (. Holborn. & Langley 2002, 6). . Social Stratification. is the hierarchical ordering of groups in society (. www.theeducationforum.co.uk. . Functionalism. A. ge differentiation provides the functions of social integration and social cohesion.. Age groups and stages in life(Parsons) create the link between kinship group and wider society.. By: . Nhung. Ho, Tiffany Tang, and Truong Nguyen. Gender Stratification. Gender stratification: Inequality of status between males and females. Gender stereotypes: preconceived ideas/guidelines on how to act (based on gender). How is social stratification related to social class?. How do you think these pictures illustrate Stratification?. Social Stratification:. the layers of people who . pocess. unequal shares of scarce resources, particularly income, wealth, power and prestige.. Ch. 7. I began to see a trend of articles like this one around the recession and shortly after. Ask yourself, why do people play the lotto? What kind of people play the lotto (do rich billionaires play it for example, or working/poor classes? Think critically - if there is a spike in sales of lotto tickets, what does that say about the economy, about society, about people? Desperate? Hopeful? . Socialization. Learning Culture,. Building . I. dentity. AND. Stratification and Inequality. Examining the Implications of. Class, Race, and Gender. Socialization. Socialization. The life-long process of learning culture. Systems of Stratification. social stratification. – division of society into categories, ranks, or classes. can be based on either achieved or ascribed status. can be open or closed. Systems of Stratification. Explain the interconnectedness between stratification, economics, politics, subsistence, and kinship. . Demonstrate and understanding of basic concepts in cultural anthropology. . Distinguish between open and closed systems. . Introduction to US Social Stratification. Social Stratification. - Is the system of social standing within a society. Major Factors in Social Standing. Wealth . Income. Race. Education. Power. US Social Stratification. A system society uses to rank its citizens into a hierarchy (rank) of classes. Exist in every human society and culture. Unequal distribution of society’s rewards. Examples. Estate System (Feudal Europe). SUSMITA ROY. 27.09.21. Social Stratification vs Social . Differentiation. The difference between social stratification and social differentiation is subtle as they both are closely related terms. When speaking of the society, and also in the discipline of sociology, you may have heard of the terms, social stratification and social differentiation. In the society, people are categorized based on their income, occupation, social status and other factors. . Inequality. Göran Therborn. University of . Cambridge. University of . Helsinki. 11.9.2013. From . Differences. to . Inequalities. In . pre-modern. . times. . there. . was. no . inequality. There.