Social Stratification between three classes

This topic discusses social stratification. It is the ranking of people in a society based on factors like wealth, income, and education. There are 3 classes in the society: Upper class, middle class and the lower class.

1. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION Presented By: Johara Salwang

2. Social Stratification is the structured and hierarchical ranking of individuals based on their family, occupation, income, wealth, and power. For sociologist, it is the patterned inequality in society that is due to the unequal access to wealth, privileges, and power. WHAT IS SOCIAL STRATIFICATION ?

3. THE MEMBERS ARE DIVIDED INTO SOCIAL CLASSES OR SETS OF PEOPLE SHARING SIMILAR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. GENERALLY, THERE ARE THREE CLASSES IN EVERY SOCIETY:

4. the upper class, consisting of the wealthy businessmen, big politicians, and; the middle class, or the ordinary working class; and the lower class, consisting of financially and socially underprivileged individuals.

5. THE UPPER CLASS The upper class - consists of elite families who are the most prolific and successful in their respective areas. These are the groups of people stock holders, investors, and who live in an exclusive neighborhood. They own many houses; mingle with the same class, and value heritage most over wealth.

6. THE MIDDLE CLASS The Middle class – these are mostly professional people like lawyers, doctors, managers, owners of small business, executives, etc. Their income can afford them a comfortable lifestyle. They value education most since education to them is the most important measure of social status.

7. THE LOWER CLASS The lower class – these are the office and clerical workers, skilled and unskilled craftsman, farm employees, underemployed and indigent families. They live in smaller houses. They are short of revenue, education or trainings, acquaintances, and communication. They depend on their pay check.

8. FUNCTIONALIST VIEW OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

9. Society needs to distribute its limited resources, such as economic and political power among its members. However, equal distribution of resources is impossible, for the members do not share equal skills and contributions for the development of the society. In this regard, motivation becomes the key reason why society has social stratification.

10. According to sociologists Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore (1945), when people are properly motivated, they tend to study and work harder to fill the well sought positions in the society. They have classified motivation into two levels: to instill in the proper individuals the desire to fill certain positions and to perform well the duties attached to their desired positions.

11. Social stratification or classification is universal; this means it permeates through all societies in the world. Even groups, such as school and families, are stratified. It is also an instrument to pass on social inequality from one generation to the next, thereby perpetuating the social hierarchy.

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