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CHARACTERISTICS

OF DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS OF
STRATIFICATIONS
SOCIAL
STRATIFICATION
Is a system by which a society
ranks categories of people in a
hierarchy according to power,
wealth, and prestige (Macionis
2012).
SOCIAL
DESIRABLES
are the rewards of social
positions of statuses people
enjoy in the society (power,
wealth and prestige).
SOCIAL
DESIRABLES

WEALTH POWER
pertains to ownership or is the ability to compel
control of obedience or control a
resource. number of people.

PRESTIGE
refers to social recognition
and deference.
UPPER
CLASS
Consist of the elite families
who are the most prolific
and successful in their

SOCIAL respective areas. (Stock


holders, Investors)

CLASSES MIDDLE CLASS


Professional people (Lawyers,
Doctors, Managers,
Executives)

LOWER CLASS
Office and Clerical Workers (Skilled
and unskilled craftsman, Farm
Employees, Underemployed)
STRATIFICATION SYSTEMS
OPEN SYSTEM CLOSED SYSTEM

The individual may change his/her The individual has no right to change
social status through 'achieved his/her social status in the society, and
status' (meaning, the person's if there is, it is only very limited,
achievement in the society will because the social status is 'ascribed'
(meaning, from the time of your birth,
become the basis of the social
you will carry the status of your family
status.
at definite time).
STRATIFICATION SYSTEMS W/
EXAMPLES
OPEN SYSTEM CLOSED SYSTEM

Example: Example:

CLASS SYSTEM is a social CASTE SYSTEM is social


stratification based on both birth stratification based on
and individual achievement. The ascription, or birth.
system is common in industrial
societies.
SOCIAL MOBILITY HORIZONTAL VERTICAL
MOBILITY MOBILITY
refers to the
is the movement of
movement of a person is the movement of
one person's status
from one social status one person's status
between social levels.
to another (Wallace and within the same
It may be upward or
Wallace, year). social class.
downward.
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF SOCIAL
STRATIFICATION
FUNCTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE SOCIAL CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE
- Social stratification exists in the society - Social stratification only benefits some
because it plays a vital role in the at the expense of others.
maintenance and continued existence of
the society. • According to Karl Marx, social
stratification is created and maintained
- Davis and Wilbert Moore (1945) argue by one group in order to protect and
that the more important a position is to enhance it's own economic interests.
society, the
Social Conflict Perspective
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF SOCIAL
STRATIFICATION

SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM
PERSPECTIVE

Social stratification is examined at micro-level


perspectives by analyzing and explaining how social
standing of the people affect their everyday interaction.
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