Social Stratification In The 1920S

Social Stratification In The 1920s
The 1920s witnessed the betrayal of these ideals underlying the American Dream. The Jazz age generation ignored Franklin's concern for moral
betterment and public service, while embracing his emphasis on material advancement. This period also witnessed the degradation of Jefferson's ideal
of equality in its renewal of racism and anti–immigration laws. With the American Economy, capitalism created a sharp division of society into lower
class and a leisure class, controlling the economy and practicing conspicuous consumption.
Moreover, the ideal individualism, which for Emerson had meant creating the conditions for spiritual perfection, was distorted into a rationalization for
every kind of exploitation and self indulgence. Many of these characteristics...show more content...
The social strata are not fixed, but are fluid and changing. No society existing today is entirely without stratification.
America's stratification is neither a caste system, in which lifetime rank is rigidly fixed by individuals' social status at birth, nor an estate system, in
which status depends on control of land and on occupation. Although it exhibits some characteristics of birth, the American system ofsocial
stratification is an "open–class society" a society characterised by great individual mobility from one social stratum to another.
Americans also hold idea that theirs is a "classless" society. Derived from revolutionary ideas in Europe and shaped by American dislike for special
privilege based on birth or rank, this classless notion had denied culturally derived differences based on caste or inheritance but extolled differences in
status based on ability and achievement. This concept of classless men obscures the fact that blurred and non–rigid stratification lines based on
achievement and wealth, position and power, do exist in America. Sociologists generally divide American society into three strata or class: Upper
class, middle class and lower class. Frequently they make gradations within these three
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Social Stratification
Social Stratification: Impacting Positions in Society Social stratification is vertical hierarchical arrangement which differentiate people as superior
or inferior. Societies are stratified in three ways which are,1) Social Class; 2) Racial and Ethnic stratification; and 3) Gender. 1) Social Class:
According to Karl Marx, Class society is based around a primary line of division between two antagonistic classes, those who owns the means of
production and those who do not own. Comer added to it in 1978 "Social Class implies having or not having the following: individual rights,
privileges, power, rights over others, authority, life style choices, etc."(Comer, 1978) 2) Racial and Ethnic Stratification: Hierarchy based upon race,
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Victims of Classism, Racism and Sexism know the consequences of social stratification, but on the other hand privileged ones were unaware of any
social stratification. Stratification and Conflict: Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison in her Nobel Prize lecture said, "Tell us what it is to be a women so
that we may know what it is to be a man. What moves at the margin? What it is to have no homes in this place? To be set adrift from the one you
knew. What it is to live at the edge of towns that cannot bear your company?" (Morrison, Karen, 1993). This potrays tragic conditions of Colored
Americans in racist America. African–American primary obstacle is racism and gender bias adds upon to it. In understanding Conflict Theory, Social
Classes division and competition plays an vital role.Here are few primary assumptions of Modern Conflict Theory: 1. Competition: Competion over
limited resources is primary to all social relationships. Competition rather than consensus charecterises human relationships. 2. Structural Inequality: All
Social Structures have inequality in rewards and power. 3. Revolution or Reforms: Conflict between classes results in changes more often than
adaptations. Conflict Theory was further elaborated after Industrial Revolution in Europe by Karl Marx, Max Weber and various other Sociologists.
Karl Marx – Class and Conflict : Karl Marx was the direct product of the legacy of the Renaissance and the

Ireland
The social stratification in Ireland today is undefined. During the Celtic Tiger it was perceived that Ireland as a whole was very wealthy and many
people were classed as 'wealthy' or 'upper class'. However since the recession hit the social status regarding the wealth of the country has deteriorated.
It appears now that a larger number of the population are working or middle class and only a minority group remain in the upper classes of society.
The growing unemployment rate has forced many people, including well educated individuals to rely on state benefits. This has been a huge factor in
the rapid decrease in the social status of the country. Social mobility in Ireland appears to be going in the wrong direction.
Not only is...show more content...
Without this support it becomes very difficult for the schools to make an impact. Many children from a lower socio–economic background leave
school without a leaving certificate, and as a result end up relying on state benefits. This reality has urged community members to intervene. Many
communities have set up youth clubs and after school homework clubs to provide a comfortable and positive study environment for students who lack
the encouragement at home. These clubs help young people to take the steps needed towards a higher socio–economic group.
Promoting social mobility is key to bettering the country as a whole. In order for people to improve their social status in relation to wealth the country
not only needs to promote academic excellence in schools but provide employment opportunities for graduates. Promoting employment or businesses
helps promotes wealth and therefore increases social mobility. With the help of the government encouraging new businesses into the country; thus
providing new job opportunities; social mobility will be possible. In 2010 it was announced that the well–known EA Games entertainment company
were opening a customer service centre in Galway. This investment was being supported by the Irish government through IDA Ireland and was said to
create two hundred new jobs to start off. The new location is up and

Living in a society with only so much offered as free takes a toll on a person. "Offers" could be in the form of money with opportunities, ranking as
the most valuable. According to Joan Ferrante's "Social Inequalities", social stratification is "the systematic process of categorizing and ranking people
on a scale of social worth such that one's ranking affects life chances in unequal ways" (Ferrante). In simpler terms, social stratification is a hierarchy. In
my situation, I am juggling the life of a college student and a full–time worker who gets paid $7.25 an hour. With only $1000 in my pockets at the end
of the month, I am doing the best that I can to make ends meet. Even so, I am met with some bumps in the road, but I still prevail. In the beginning,
efficiently spending the money that I earned served as a difficult task. It served as a difficult task because I could not choose which expenditures
were more important than the other was. I did not know which part of my life I should spend more money on. Surprisingly, the bulk of my money
did not go towards rent. I shared a home with a roommate so my rent was only $150 and my utilities were $55. With the Marta bus available in my
area, I decided to use their services due to my home and my job being approximately 2.1 miles apart. In addition, I spent $132.00 on health insurance.
However, my health insurance only covered the bare minimum. It included co–pays and fees for visiting the doctor's office. There is a possibility

All societies suffer from stratification alone, but nations are also stratified in comparison to one another. Globalization aggravates the issue of
stratification and creates larger rifts in race, class and gender statuses. Interdependence has led to competition between nations, growing gaps of upper
and lower classes, negative race relations, and devaluation of women. Globalization and stratification are concepts that connect interactions among the
people between and within nations. Globalization is the global integration of people, businesses, and governments. Sharing of economic, political and
cultural systems affects the stratification our world's societies. Social stratification is a system that our civilization uses to rank people in a hierarchy
of status. Factors taken into account when creating this gradation include race, class and gender. Race is a social construction based off of physical
features, not a biological fact. Classes refer to a certain group of people of similar status in wealth and power. For example, the middle class is usually
know for living in suburbia and the working class would typically have low paying manufacturing job. Similar to race, gender isn't biological. A
person's sex is biological; gender on the other hand is sociological and pertains to the extent of masculinity or femininity of someone. The similarities
and differences that people possess in regards to these factors decide where they fall on the socially stratified ladder of

DISCUSS TO ASSESS THE APPLICABILITY OF THE CONFLICT THEORY IN EXPLAINING STRATIFICATION.
'Stratification' is a term used to characterize a structure of inequality where individuals occupy differentiated structural positions and the positions are
situated in layers (or strata) that are ranked hierarchically according to broadly recognized standards .( Durlauf 1999)
The conflict theory in relation to social stratification argues that stratification,"reflects the distribution of power in society and is therefore a major
source of disorder and coercion."(Stanley 1998 : 227). The conflict theory is an acceptable way of understanding and explaining social stratification
however on its own it does not adequately answer all the questions about...show more content...
They usually even move to certain residential areas which can only be afforded by people of their calibre. Likewise those who are getting less
rewards probably for doing a less recognised task will begin to segregate themselves from the above described group. They will associated with others
with whom they share the same economic overview and challenges with. Already we can see that there is a development of clearly defined classes,
which is a major characteristic of social stratification.
Furthermore those who are in the privileged economic tend to use their power and influence through media and publicity, educational institutions as
well as religious institutions such as churches to instil an attitude and mindset to their inferiors in which the latter begin to accept their low positions
and status as natural. Karl Marx called this "False Consciousness". (Sonnet and Cobb 1973) The conflict theory attempts to explain social stratification
economically. Conflict theorists disregard issues of gender, race and ethnicity and they only focus on the role played by the economy in bringing about
social stratification. They reason that stratification is defined by relations concerning possession of the means of production as well as work and labour
.The conflict theorists' beliefs' include that those at the top of hierarchies are there at the expense of those that at the

Social stratification defines any structure of inequality that persists in a society across generations. Social strata are groups of people – who belong to
the same social class or have the same social level. Social strata are organised in a vertical hierarchy. In the early societies people shared a common
social standing. In the hunting and gathering societies there was little stratification: men hunted for meat while women gathered edible plants. The
general welfare of the society depended on the mutual sharing of goods between all members and no group emerged as better off than the others.
Social inequality began with the emergence of horticulture and pastoral societies. For the first time people had reliable sources of food and the...show
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Queenstown (Cobh) its last port of call – is just a few kilometres from my home town. The Titanic was dubbed "unsinkable" and was so confident in
its invincibility that its lifeboat capacity could accommodate less than half of the individuals onboard. While this means that most of the individuals
didn't make it, it does not mean that everyone on board had an equal chance of survival. In fact, it was quite the opposite. The Titanic represents a very
clear cut example of social class divisions providing different opportunities (in this case, opportunities to get on a lifeboat and survive) to individuals
occupying different classes. Your odds of survival were greatly shaped by your structural location aboard the ship i.e. your social class, gender and age.
The Sad Story.
Under the command of Edward Smith, the ship left Southampton with 2224 passengers on board for Cherbourg and then on to Cobh. Titanic
anchored off Roches Point on April 11th 1912 at 12noon and remained in the harbour for almost two hours taking on supplies, mail and additional
passengers. They were taken to board Titanic from the old pier in Queenstown as it was then known, in tenders called America and Ireland. The
Titanic then sailed with 2347 passengers aboard, including some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of poor emigrants from
Europe seeking a new life in North America. The ship had advanced safety

Casey Rash, Austin Helms
November 11, 2010
SOC 100 General Sociology; 002
Essay Question: 3
The purpose of this paper will be to address what social stratification is, and why sociologists consider it crucial to our understanding of today's
society. In addition it will also be discussing the three dimensions of social stratification and how we think its changed since the 1970s and 80s to
today, and which theory we think best explains this change. Along with how the inequality of valued resources impacts America as a whole, and how
the recent financial meltdown has made stratification worse in America. Stratification can be defined as a structured ranking of entire groups of people
that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and...show more content...
The African American middle class has risen since the 1970s and 80s although they are still being paid less than the while males which shows progress
since the civil rights movement. In comparison a 2004 study shows that the Latino population is loosing its hold on wealth only controlling 10% of the
wealth in the United States. Karl Marx's theory on stratification best justifies the change the United States has faced from the 1970s to present day.
Karl Marx's theory focuses on capitalism in which the owner of a company's only goal is to produce as much profit as possible for him or herself.
The bourgeoisie or capitalist class owns the company and the proletariats work for the company. The bourgeoisie look for ways to lower wages
and maximize profit by adding machines that reduced dependence on highly skilled proletariats. This makes no proletariats special because they
are easily replaceable. This best explains the change from the 1970s and 80s to now because all the name brand companies are outsourcing and
making the product cheaper to make which is giving the owner of the companies more money and taking jobs away from the middle class and
working class therefore making the rich richer and poor poorer. The rich stay in power because the working class is forced to work at the wages
offered because the job positions require very little skill and are easily replaceable making it impossible to move up in the company. Without question

Contents 1. Social stratification 2. Characteristics of social stratification 3. Origins of social stratification 4. Social stratification in Bangladesh 5.
Religious stratification In Bangladesh 6. Caste systems among Hindus 7. Caste systems among Muslims
All societies arrange their members in terms of superiority, inferiority and equality. The vertical scale of evaluation, this placing of people in strata, or
layers is called stratification. Social stratification is a natural and voluntary separation according to race, religion, social and economic status. In
sociology, social stratification is the hierarchical arrangement of social classes, castes and strata within a society. Anthony Giddens has defined social
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Caste systems among Hindus:
Hindus in Bangladesh in the late 1980s were almost evenly distributed in all regions, with concentrations in Khulna, Jessore, Dinajpur, Faridpur and
Barisal. Hindus generally accept the caste system as the structure of society. For Virtually all Hindus, even those in revolt against some aspects of
the system, caste is taken for granted as the way of life. To be considered Hindu, a group must identify itself in some way as a unit in the caste
hierarchy. One cannot join a caste; one is born into it and lives, marries, and dies in it.
Although Hindu society is formally stratified into caste categories, the widely known four–fold classification Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya and Sudra
did not figure prominently in the Bangladeshi Hindu community. About 75 percent of the Hindus in Bangladesh belonged to the lower castes. Some
members of higher castes belonged to the middle or professional class. With the increasing participation of the Hindus in nontraditional professional
mobility, the castes were able to interact in wider political and socioeconomic arenas, which caused some erosion of caste consciousness. Although
there is no mobility between Hindu castes, caste distinctions did not play as important a role in Bangladesh as in they did in the Hindu–dominated
Indian state of West Bengal. Bangladeshi Hindus seemed to have

The economic affairs of the 16th to 17th century England – a period where England experienced extreme population growth – encouraged the migration
of more than half of the English population west across the Atlantic . In addition to its population's growth, England was amid a civil war and a
revolution during 1642–1660, that consequently propagated waves of political and economic refugees, finding their way to the Caribbean, to escape
from the nation's civil conflicts . Taking note of the ways in which dominant European powers – Portugal and Spain – conducted forms of active
exploration and exploitation of the New World. Distinctly, for the reasons of, accumulation of land, wealth, and political power through means of
exploiting its colonies resources. Virtually, England sought to mimic the Spanish economic success in their own Caribbean exploits. In contrast to the
ways in which the Spanish pursued their own economic goals. The English economic success, relied on private companies to carry out commercial and
colonial efforts . To emphasize, this meant that private men and companies secured the right from the crown to claim and settle islands in the
Caribbean. Notably, these private men and companies' advantageous socio–economic status, consequently began to formulate the make–up of the social
stratification in the English colonies. Where social stratification refers to the persistent patterns of social inequalities within a society. Essentially, the
colonies operated on

Social Stratification And Its Effects On Society
Social stratification is a way people categorize others in a socioeconomic strata. Social stratification has four principles: social stratification has and
continues to persist over generations, it involves inequality, beliefs and other economic and ideological standards, it is universal but variable, and it
is also a "trait" of society. Social stratification doesn't categorize certain individuals by their looks or popularity, but instead categorizes by different
aspects such as the job they have and their income, the importance of a position, or obtained power. This power may be in a various areas such as
politics, military, and business.
Examples of social stratification include the United States' formation of the upper, middle, and the lower classes. Usually, higher class citizens are
seen having many material belongings such as luxurious houses and cars, a higher income than people of lower standings, and bigger and better
chances to become successful compared to those of the middle and lower classes. Middle class people do not usually have as much money as the higher
class and are labeled so due to the lower financial standing. Most citizens of the middle class are a part of the working class and have to work for a
living to earn enough money to make the standard of a normal lifestyle in America. The lower class also can be referred to as working class, and is
made up of people who have even less than the middle class and must keep working to make sure they are able to

In our daily social life, when people meeting together whether with a stranger or a friend, they are likely to classify others by a certain category of
characteristics consciously or unconsciously. However, making categories not only applies to individual life, also societies have categories, as what the
sociologists called stratification. Stratification which divides people according to social structures refers to bigger areas of factor including gender, age,
ethnicity, family lineage, economic and achievement. There are several characteristics of stratification (McLenna, et al 2007), firstly, stratification
creates beliefs that reflect the social structure, which formed the second character. The beliefs access to the society like institutions and political
groups. Lastly, stratification divides people as groups, and put same expectation to the group. Unfortunately, the effects of stratification are not so
positive, in contrast, it enhances social inequality. Class as a significant form of inequality, which formed in the very beginning of industrial society
(McLenna, et al 2007). There are quite lots of researches that focus on class studies, and it has been counted as the fundamental part of sociology.
However, the main idea of this essay is to discover social class from personal experiences and extend to the social phenomenon in the general public
but mainly using China as the example.
Almost all sociologists have researched on stratification and social class in various

Introduction and Background:
Social stratification is the structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and powers in a society it includes
slavery, castes, the estate system, and social classes. Social stratification can been seen necessary through a functionalist eyes due to the fact that it
motivates people to accept all jobs required for the society to survive. Conflict theorists see stratification as a major source of societal tension and
conflict, different social levels with opposing interests can clash with one another over goals and resources. Interactionists stress the importance of
social class in determining a person's lifestyle. The most extreme form of legalized social inequality...show more content...
For example, the system of stratification that characterized the southern United States from the end of the Civil War through the 1960s resembled a
caste system. These social stratifications create different situations where people of different race, gender, age and ethnic groups interact with one
another. In the United States when Whites and minorities interactions between one another it usually create some tension and are awkward due to
social norms and unfamiliar situations between one another. When discussing the struggles between age and gender it refers to the fight between
younger people and older people, and male and female. When referring to older people and younger the main problem is usually the means and or
use of technology or just understanding what's happening now in our modern day. In the past, the fight between females and males was a landslide
victory for males, who made it hard for females to get an education and jobs to acquire their dreams by themselves or on their own. Today females are
now becoming more powerful especially in the work force, but females still are being dominated by their male counterpart making only .70 cents to the
dollar.
The Research Question: When using the scientific method for the Racial Diversity Feedback Survey the first step is to define the problem, how
diverse our society is and how that effects social interaction and inclusion (class, racial groups, gender, sexual orientation, and religion). While

Social Stratification & Mobility Essay
Social Stratification & Mobility
Individuals in today's society are separated by many different factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, and economic status. Another form of separation is
that of stratification. There are four major systems of stratification slavery, caste, estate, and class. "Social stratification means the differentiation of a
given population into hierarchically superposed classes."(Sorokin, 1964, p. 11) Stratification can either be in the form of an open or closed system.
The closed system is one that allows minimal to no movement within the system. The open system is just the opposite it allows for varying degrees of
movement throughout the system. There are many ways to break down the social stratification of...show more content...
This movement is called social mobility "By social mobility is understood any transition of an individual or social object or value– anything that has
been created or modified by human activity– from on social position to another."(Sorokin, 1964, p. 133) This change in class is not always related to
money or economic change. In some cultures an individual may ascertain great wealth in their life time but not be accepted into a higher class status.
On the other hand a person who loses economic status is still revered as elite. This inability to move from one class to another is mostly observed in
the estate system and the class system. There are two fundamental ways in which a person can be mobile within society either horizontal or vertical.
In horizontal mobility individuals make what is considered a lateral move within society. "By horizontal social mobility or shifting, is meant the
transition of an individual or social object from one social group to another situated at the same level."(Sorokin, 1964, p. 133) This transition can be
related to a Horizontal mobility allows individuals to have opportunity to choose a vocation and not be condemned to that of their parent(s). This option
of lateral movement does not always require higher education, political affiliation, or economic status. The individual stays at the same level of class
recognition, but has the option of choosing form a

Examples Of Racial Stratification
What is Racial Stratification? Historically, the concept of race has changed across cultures and eras. It has eventually become less connected with
ancestral and family ties, and more concerned with superficial physical characteristics. Racial stratification can be defined as systems of inequality in
which some fixed groups memberships, such as race, religion, or national origin is a major criterion for ranking social positions and their differential
rewards. Social construction of race is also reflected in the way names for racial categories change with changing times. In contrast, reviewing these
factors really make you wonder why inequality exist? In our world today discrimination affects the way people interact, think, and behave....show more
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Hopefully we can learn from the Indians of Mexico. Because of the colonization, this race is still currently paying the price of something they can
not help. I hope we will continue to grow and not have racial barriers. Racial stratification can be very dangerous. Learning from the past can be a
good thing. It is time to continue to move forward and avoid these terrible issues that Mexico faces. We should not allow anyone to only come home
making thirty dollars when they are really trying to work with their best ability. Ethnicity is what America is known for. Life is what you make it. I
believe life would be boring if we were all the same. Thats why we have color, gifts, talents, and different languages because without diversity we
wouldn't be able to learn from each

Socialization and Social Stratification Essay
Socialisation is a learning process where people learn and adapt to the appropriate and accepted values, attitudes and behaviours of their society.
Nevertheless, separate groups exist within societies for reasons including ethnicity, class and culture and these can bring their own set of 'norms'. Bond
and Bond in Sociology and Social Care (2009 pg28) states "From the cradle to the grave we are being socialised". Primary socialisation occurs from
infancy to early adulthood. Secondary socialisation follows into the later stages of maturity. Anticipatory socialisation is where we learn to anticipate
the actions and activities deemed appropriate by society. Resocialisation occurs when we learn new behaviours in response to new situations and...show
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On the other hand, conflict theory perspective, which is interested in the 'imbalance of power in society' views social stratification as an unsuccessful
and ineffective system as it maintains imbalances of power and benefits only those in a position of prestige. Socialisation and social stratification
impacts on our lives both positively and negatively. This essay will explore those effects in relation tosocial class and ethnicity and analyse how it
impacts on the health and well–beings of those groups. That analysis will entail looking at inequalities in health and the impact and explanations for
such inequalities. For my conclusion I will be reflecting on the topics discussed and summarising the main issues.
Social Class
Stratification by economic status creates social classes. In Ireland, class structures are organised by occupation, ranging from professional workers
such as doctors in class 1 to refuse collectors in class 7. The process of classifying people by occupation does not account for those in society who
have no occupation such as the retired and long tern unemployed and those unable to work due to illness or disability. These people subsequently
become known as the 'declassed'. The class structure does not take account of women who work within the home as "women can be categorised
according to their husband's occupation". The Carstairs Social Deprivation Indicator which is used in Britain takes other elements such as car
ownership and overcrowding

Social Stratification And Its Impact On Society
Social stratification is described as the hierarchy order of people within a society. (Macionis, 2004, p.186). Every society has a system in which it
functions. Society is usually classified in two forms of systems, the closed system known as castle system or open systems known as class systems.
In a castle system individuals are classified from birth and there is limited social mobility to move up or down social categories. In the class system,
individuals have social status from birth and personal achievements. Davis and Moore argued the positive effects of social stratification in our society.
Davis and Moore advocate greater rewards for more prestigious positions as a way to motivate individuals to work well thus enhancing society. Davis
and Moore contend that some positions are more important than others because they provide a greater contribution to society and require more
expertise (Macionis, 2004, p.193). Conferring with Moore and Davis these rewards would create stratification which causes inequality in our society.
Some criticism came from Melvin Tumin about how society assess what is an important occupations and how does society determine the level of
rewards for certain occupation. These claims have brought about many issues to consider relating to social stratification.
Social hierarchy is as essential as birth order. Social stratification in our society cannot be evaded but the negative effects have cause great inequality.
When social status is based on

Q1A. The question of the inevitability of social stratification is one of the fundamental bases of the theories of Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore.
Davis and Moore (1945) argue that as long as there is division of labor in the society, and that there are variability in the roles with varying degrees
of importance, stratification will occur. There is a significant difference in the wages of CEO's and a minimum wage earner because according to the
theory, there is a functional necessity of providing different rewards for different positions in the society in accordance to an individual's abilities.
Because not everyone is qualified for specific positions or roles set by the society, there is a need to fill them by making sure that the right...show more
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The main function of inequality is due to the very fact that not all roles in the society have the same extent of difficulty. Because there is a societal
notion that the responsibility assigned to men and women are not the same, social stratification according to gender exists, hence the difference in
wage rates. Q2A Melvin Tulmin made a response to the theory created by Davis and Moore. He claims that there are several loopholes that the
functional theories of Davis and Moore were not able to address, such defining the term "functionally important". The situation involving the wage gap
between the CEO and the minimum wage earner can be explained by Tulmin's criticism to the theories of the previous sociologists. For Tulmin, the
system of social stratification does not function as the motivating force to attract the right people to the right positions but to force the acceptance of
ideologies that govern the society. The increasing gap between the earnings of the CEO and the minimum wage earners can be explained by the fact
that there is indeed an existing barrier between the two types of people mentioned above. This would lead the society to accept the ideology that the
former is indeed superior as compared to the latter. Social stratification systems functions to maintain the status quo in the society. Because of the
existing social stratification, a large segment of the society are not even given the opportunity to undergo

SOCIAL STRATIFICATION Essay
Social stratification is a concept involving the classification of people into groups based on shared socio–economic conditions. Giddens (2009:1133)
defines social stratification as "the existence of structured inequalities between groups in society, in terms of their access to material or symbolic
rewards". This context explains in detail the three agents of social stratification and expresses personal views about the categories of social class in the
Zambian society it further goes on to explain whether or not social class is responsible for students educational attainment. The three main agents of
social stratification are the family ,mass media and educational institution this is in line with Agumba (2009:45) who...show more content...
Often when poor people are featured the depiction is either unflattering or pitying, such portrayals are often negative or stereotypical Research has
shown that social inequality continues to be produced in educational institutions one latent function of education is for one to achieve and attain the
capacity or ability to live a fulfilling life. According to Jean (2009: ) "students who get the best education are likely to be selected for preferred jobs
in society". Agumba (2009:45) adds on saying that "schools or institutions promote social stratification through streaming ,this is grouping of learners
with the same ability together", the impact of this is that streaming has a negative effect on self image and ultimately on performance. Weber also
saw class as an economic category but he stressed its interaction with social status and the affinities of party. In recent time`s social scientists have
used occupation as an indicator of class. Zambia is a developing nation and social class in the Zambian context is composed of the three main
categories which are the lower class, the working class and the middle class the top upper class is yet to emerge in the Zambian society. The lower
class is the least informed people in the Zambian society this class is generally characterized by "low aspirations, poor education,

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