STRATIFICATION AND CLASS WHAT IS SOCIAL STRATIFICATION Video

STRATIFICATION AND CLASS

WHAT IS SOCIAL STRATIFICATION? � Video from 1957, Introduction https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=e. Ug. Db. CZLPp Y

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION �A division of society where some people get more rewards than others � Examples: wealth, power, prestige, etc. all distributed unequally

POWER & PRESTIGE � � Power = control behavior of others, even against their will; associated with wealth Prestige = what people think of you; in the eye of the beholder �Subjective & mostly depends on your occupation �Different levels of prestige are called status system

STRATIFICATION SYSTEMS � � Stratification exists everywhere & differs in societies Examples: egalitarian, master-slave, feudal system, caste system, & class system Caste system = rigid stratification system where people’s roles are ascribed & fixed Class system = less rigid system where positions are achieved & can change

� 1. reputational method: picking a group of people & asking them to rank others (small population) � 2. subjective method: same thing, but helps to find out class structure of a large population � 3. objective method: identifies class using income, occupation, & education to rank people SOCIAL CLASSES People with same amount of income, power, & prestige There are 3 different methods to identifying a person’s class

� U. S CLASS SYSTEM ~16% upper class (good life chances) � ~30 -40% middle class ~30% working class ~20% poor/lower class � � 1. UPPER CLASS= makes up 16% of nation’s wealth; upper-upper (old $ - 1%) & lower-upper (new $ - 15%) 2. MIDDLE CLASS= whitecollar, non-manual labor; upper-middle (professional/ business ppl) and lowermiddle (small business, sales, teachers, etc. ) 3. WORKING CLASS = bluecollar, less education, manual jobs 4. WORKING POOR= lower class, joblessness & poverty

Videos � Let’s look at the poor conditions of different parts of the world and what they have to endure. � Coal Boy: http: //www. whypoverty. net/video/coal-boy/ � Afghan Girl: http: //www. whypoverty. net/video/afghan-girl/ � Miseducation: http: //www. whypoverty. net/video/miseducation/ � Waste: http: //www. whypoverty. net/video/waste/ � Wilbur Goes Poor: http: //www. whypoverty. net/video/wilbur-goes-poorepisode-1/

POOR POPULATION � � � Absolute poverty = lack of minimum food & necessities Poverty affects more women than men For more than 60 years, the % of population living in poverty is usually twice as high as reported �B/c ppl live in relative poverty = having less than what the majority has

GLOBAL INEQUALITY � Video https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=u. WSxzjy. MNp U

BUT WE’RE MOBILE! � Social mobility � Vertical mobility: moving up or down the status ladder (teacher to principal) � Horizontal mobility: movement from one job to another within same status (teacher moving schools) � Intragenerational/Ca reer mobility: move from low position to high one (manager becomes VP) � Intergenerational mobility: change in social standing from one generation to another (worker’s daughter becomes VP)

STILL MOBILE! � � Sometime large changes lead to moving up/down the ladder at the same time: structural mobility BUT some people move & some don’t…depends on individual mobility (personal achievement & characteristics) �Amount of education is related to family background!

WHY SOME COUNTRIES ARE RICH AND OTHERS ARE POOR � Video https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=94 V 3 HR 696 k&index=1&list=PLEqf 8 p. U 7 tcm. Ym. M 5 m. Vt 8 GJXn. Fin. IG 45 d 0 q