Sociology Chapter 7 society values Social strati cation rankings of people based on wealth and other resources a Life chances degree of success Vertical mobility movement up or down through a societies strati cation system Systems of strati cation Slavery Estate system control during feudalism Caste system rigid placement at birth Social class Classless systems do not exist Functionalists believe it makes people work harder to rise up with guarantee of rewards Hard to compare importance of jobs Ignores lack of equal opportunity Does not justify extreme wealth or poverty Con ict believes strati cation is based on the needs and interests of the powerful in society against the weak Emphasizes ideology that supports the status quo Symbolic interaction studies interaction in daily life What difference does strati cation make Subjective based on or in uenced by personal feelings tastes or opinions Objective Not in uence by personal beliefs Intergenerational mobility vertical mobility from one generation to the next within the same family Intragenerational mobility vertical mobility within a persons own lifetime Key vehicle for upward mobility is formal education Function theory explains poverty by saying the poor lack the motivation to work hard Cultural poverty Poor have different viewpoints than non poor that doom them to continued poverty Con ict theory believes in issues with American society not having equal opportunities and discrimination Modernization theory Poor nations lack the beliefs for modernization and industrialization Dependency theory Exploitation and colonization of poor nations by rich ones
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