SOCI 1311 1st Edition Lecture 17 Social stratification refers to how society ranks people I systems in social stratification a caste system a i Based on birth position a ii Based on which class you were born into a iii Social mobility is impossible in a caste system a iv You can move up or down caste or position a v They mandate endogamy no out group marriage a vi No outgroup contact a vii People believe that they should not interact with each other a viii Caste system are typical of agrarian societies a ix Because routines of agriculture depend on a rigid and b class system society b i birth born into a class b ii achievement or achieve a class move up b iii Move towards meritocracy b iv Stratification is based on personal merit b v Status consistency is consistency across dimensions of social inequality b vi In class systems status consistency is lower than in the caste of systems b vii Industrial society is a class system b viii United kingdom feudal era c The 3 estate system c i 1st estate ascribed Nobles c ii 2nd estate ascribed achieved professional energy evening c iii 3rd estate ascribed presents II Today is a class system but still have a caste system Japanese caste system a Today japan is a class system free movement across These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Marx talked about a classless society b i Former soviet union b ii Claimed to classless b iii Occupation stratification b iv The 2nd Russian revolution III Today a Social mobility is common b Structural social mobility c Shift of large numbers of people many up d Social theories a social stratification e The structural functionalists look at it as having function needed f The social conflict theorists f i Men vs women f ii Majority vs minority f iii Rich vs poor f iv High income countries vs low income countries g Structural functionalists g i Davis and moor s thesis it s necessary so people can work hard to achieve higher positions g ii Egalitarian societies offer little incentive g iii Wages are based on that position g iv You have to invest to achieve g v Critics of davis and moore s thesis g vi Can t specify importance of positions some positions are overpaid or underpaid or reward
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