SYG 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ascribed Status, Social Stratification, Status Attainment
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Influenced by occupation, income, education, race, gender, region of residence, ethnicity, etc. Estate is a system in which a small elite group (owners of property & power) has total control over resources. Caste is a system where status is assigned based on ascribed status. Class is a system based on ascribed & achieved statuses: eco(cid:374)o(cid:373)ic restructuri(cid:374)g: the decline of manufacturing jobs in the united states. Status attainment is how people end up in a given stratified position. One"s socioeconomic status (ses) is derived from certain factors: income, occupational prestige, and education. Occupational prestige is the perceived, subjective rank assigned to an occupation. Educational attainment: the total years of formal education. Your shared identification with a given class: marx classified people in two social classes, weber saw three dimensions to stratification: Status (or prestige, the cultural and social dimension) Bourgeoisie are the owners of the means of production.
