Stratification

Stratification Systems

TypesSlave: owners/slavesEstate: nobility/church/

commonersCaste: birth & occupationClass: economics/

sociocultural traits

Comparative components1) Relative importance of

ascribed v. achieved statuses

2) Degree of mobility or openness

What is the Basis of social stratification?

MarxRelationship to the means of production

“Haves” v. “Have nots”Bourgeoisie/ capitalists v. proletariat /workers

What is the Basis of social stratification?

Ralf DahrendorfMay 1, 1929 – June 17, 2009)

"command class" V. "obey class" those with authority v. those without

What is the Basis of social stratification?

WeberLife Chances

Class, Status, PartyClass = market situation

Status=social esteemParty=ability to mobilize group for goal

A variety of ways to look at class

SES = Socioeconomic Statusincome/education/occupational prestige

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/Social%20Class

Class interactivehttp://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/national/20050515_CLASS_GRAPHIC/index_01.html

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/Social%20Class

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/national/20050515_CLASS_GRAPHIC/index_01.html ES

Income: Geography of Recession

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwWGzQ_FUtQ

Gilbert-Kahl Model of the Class Structure

http://uncgsoc101.wordpress.com/module-6-social-stratification/

Subjective class identification

Political Behavior

http://www.votecitizens.org/profiles/blogs/middle-classtake-over-the

Intersecting spheres

http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/class_domination.html

Wealth

http://uncgsoc101.wordpress.com/module-6-social-stratification/

http://motherjones.com/print/99036

Occupy Wall Streethttp://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com

the people 99%those in control 1%

Occupy Wall Streethttp://www.jenx67.com/p/pre-occupied-with-wall-street.html

That 9% rate, by the way, equates to 14 million Americans—people who want to work but can't find a job.http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10That 9% rate, by the way,

equates to 14 million Americans—people who want to work but can't find a job. http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10?op=1#ixzz1d3wjWqhU

CEO pay is now 350X the average worker's, up from 50X from 1960-1985.

Corporate profits just hit another all-time high.

The role of education in class

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2XHob_nVbw

Savage Inequalities

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mdlYaCjf2I&feature=fvw

Photos of East St. Louishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2q3vqTiFHg&NR=1

Jonathan Kozol September 5, 1936-