SOCI 1F90 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Stratification, Scientific Method
9 Apr 2016
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Theories of social stratification/ class inequality social stratification: a society"s hierarchal ranking of people into social classes. Conflict theory and marxism: point to the inaccessibility of resources and lack of social mobility found in stratified societies stratification stems from a fundamental conflict between the needs and interests of the powerful upper-class and the weak working-class. Thus, it creates a system of winners and losers that is maintained by those who are on the top. The people who are losers do not get a fair chance to compete, and thus are stuck on the bottom. Max weber stratification was based on more than ownership of capital. Wealth and prestige are intertwined. formed a three-component theory of stratification hierarchy in which social difference is determined by class, status, and power. Class: a person"s economic position, based on birth and individual achievement, weber differs from marx in that he did not see this as the supreme factor in stratification.
