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Social stratification and a stratified world? Market size by GDP, 1995 (Size of country indicates GDP) © 2015 – WJEC / CBAC

Social stratification and a stratified world? Social Stratification A class hierarchy © 2015 – WJEC / CBAC

Social stratification and a stratified world? Marx -Social Stratification – A Two class hierarchy – based on economic ownership • The Bourgeoisie (The owners and controllers of the means of production) • The Proletariat (the non owners or workers) © 2015 – WJEC / CBAC

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Social stratification and a stratified world? Weber’s Social Stratification A four-class hierarchy based on economics, power and status © 2015 – WJEC / CBAC

Social stratification and a stratified world? The Upper class - wealthy and powerful © 2015 – WJEC / CBAC

Social stratification and a stratified world? The Middle class – Non-manual workers © 2015 – WJEC / CBAC

Social stratification and a stratified world? The Working class – mainly manual workers © 2015 – WJEC / CBAC

Social stratification and a stratified world? The Underclass - very poor, e. g. the unemployed and homeless © 2015 – WJEC / CBAC

Social stratification and a stratified world? A stratified World? © 2015 – WJEC / CBAC

Social stratification and a stratified world? The world stratified into two layers? Rich World Poor World © 2015 – WJEC / CBAC

Social stratification and a stratified world? The world stratified into four layers? © 2015 – WJEC / CBAC

Social stratification and a stratified world? Put simply - countries roughly break along a class hierarchy Upper Class Countries USA, Japan, Singapore, European Union, Australia, New Zealand Middle Class Countries Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Brazil, Mexico and Turkey Working Class Countries (developing) China, India, Africa, Ghana, Nigeria Pakistan, Indonesia Underclass Countries States such as , Albania, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh © 2015 – WJEC / CBAC

Social stratification and a stratified world? Stratification and social mobility • Just as individuals and classes can be economically and socially mobile, some sociologists say that countries are economically and socially mobile. • NB Besides class inequalities gender, ethnicity, age and locality are also dimensions of inequality both between and within countries. © 2015 – WJEC / CBAC