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.

9. FUNCTIONALIST
VIEW OF SOCIAL
STRATIFICATION

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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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QUESTION ?

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