SOCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Upper Middle Class, Ralf Dahrendorf, Upper Class
Document Summary
Stratification is the ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal rewards and life changes in society. Slavery: economic form of inequality in which people are claimed as property. Caste systems: determines a person"s lifestyle, prestige and occupational choice fixed at: example- sex trafficking birth and can"t be changed. Estate system (feudal system): high status groups own their own land and have power based on noble birth. Social class: group of people that share the same economic position in society based on their income and wealth. Social classes don"t raise legal barriers to social mobility. Structural-functionalist view: to have structure in society, social inequality is needed, division of power, and higher and lower class citizens. Conflict view: stratification rests on the unequal distribution of resources, such as money, land, and education: karl marx and engels- marxian class model: society merges into two classes of people: capitalists (bourgeoisie) and workers (proletariat)
