2. TITANIC in 1912
More than 1600 peolple died
Children and women were prioritized for
lifeboats.
80% who died were men
First- class: 60%
Second- class: 36%
Third-class: 24%
3. Social Stratification
- It refers to a system by which a society
ranks categories of people in a hierarchy.
- society’s categorization of its people into
rankings of socioeconomic tiers based on
factors like wealth, income, race,
education, and power.
4. 4 Important Principles
A. Social stratification is a trait of society, not simply a
reflection of individual differences.
8. 2 Systems of Social Stratification
CASTE SYSTEM -
closed system; little
change in social
mobility.
CLASS SYSTEM -
open systems;
permit much more
social mobility.
9. The Caste System
-A social stratification based on ascription or birth.
-is a form of social stratification characterized by
endogamy, hereditary transmission of a lifestyle which
often includes an occupation, status in a hierarchy, and
customary social interaction and exclusion.
10. In India
From birth, a caste system determines the direction of a
person's life. First, families in each caste perform one type of
work, as priests, soldiers, barbers and so on.
11. In India
Second, a caste system demands that people marry others of
the same ranking.
Endogamous marriage- mixed marriage.
12. In India
Third, caste guides everyday life by keeping people in the
company of their own kind.
14. Caste system are typical of agrarian societies because
agriculture demands a lifelong routine of hard work.
15. The Class System
A social stratification based on birth and individual
achievement. May experience social mobility.
Social Mobility is defined as the movement of individuals,
families, households, or other categories of people within or
between layers or tiers in an open system of social
stratification.
16. Categorizing people
according to their color,
sex, or social
background comes to be
seen as wrong in
modern societies as all
people gain political
rights, principle, equal
standings before the
law.
17. Meritocracy
Refers to social statification
based on personal merit (from a
Latin word earned)
- includes person's knowledge,
abilities and effort.
18. Status Consistency
The degree of uniformity in a person's
social standing across various
dimensions of social inequality.
19. Status Consistency
-High education
-Respected education
-Low salary
Caste System- Limited
social mobility but high
status consistency.
Class System- greater
social mobility but less
status consistency
20. In United Kingdom
In 2011, prince William,
second in line to the British throne,
married commoner Catherine
Middletown, who then took the
title, “ Her Royal Highness the
Duchees of Cambridge.”
They now take their place as
part of a royal family that traces its
ancestry back more than a
thousand years- an elemnt of caste
taht remains in the British class
sysytem
21.
22.
23. Ralf dahrendorf (1959)
4 Reasons why no Marxist Revolution?
1. Fragmentation of capital class
-Milions of stockholders, rather than single
families own most large companies.
24. 2. A higher standard of living
• Blue-collar occupation-
lower prestige jobs
that involve mostly
manual labor/
• White-collar
occupations- higher
prestige jobs that
involves mostly mental
activity.
ex. sales, customer
support, management.
26. 4. Greater legal protection
Government passed laws to amke workplace safer.
Unemployment inssurance, diasbility protction and
Social Security.
27. Ideology: Supporting Stratification
Ideology is the major
reason that social
hierarchies endure.
Ideology is the cultural
beliefs that justify
particular social
arrangements, including
patterns of inequality.
