Social Stratification Sociologists
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- Social Stratification
- Sociological Perspectives
- Marxism & Poverty
- Functionalism & Poverty
- Feminism & Poverty
- Max Weber
- argued that classes are formed in the labour market, where one class of people hired labour and another class sells their labour
- argued that a class is a group of people who have similar life chances; that is chances of being successful in life, opportunities in education, health etc
- identified four main social classes
- property owners
- the petty bourgeoisie
- professionals
- the working class
- these different classes have different market situations or life chances in the labour market
- saw class as based on the distribution of economic resources such as wealth
- stressed the importance of non-economic factors such as status and power in determining life chances
- status groups are identified by the prestige attached to their lifestyle
- a person's status may differ from their class position
- status groups are identified by the prestige attached to their lifestyle
- stressed the importance of non-economic factors such as status and power in determining life chances
- saw class as based on the distribution of economic resources such as wealth
- identified four main social classes
- argued that a class is a group of people who have similar life chances; that is chances of being successful in life, opportunities in education, health etc
- argued that classes are formed in the labour market, where one class of people hired labour and another class sells their labour
- Marx
- identified to mnay classes in capitalist society
- the bourgeoisie
- class membership is determined by economic factors
- the proletariat
- ownership of the means of production
- the proletariat experience alienation under capitalism because they lack control over production and the products of their labour
- the bourgeoisie's posistion is justified by ruling-class ideology
- this ruling-class ideology leads to false class consciousness among the proletariat, who are unaware of the true nature of social relationships under capitalism
- argued that, over time, the bourgeoisie would get smaller and much richer
- the petty bourgeoisie, unable to compete, would sink into the proletariat
- the proletariat would get bigger and much poorer
- eventually, the proletariat would rebel, leading to a revolution
- following this, the means of production wold be communally owned, resulting in a classless society
- eventually, the proletariat would rebel, leading to a revolution
- the proletariat would get bigger and much poorer
- the petty bourgeoisie, unable to compete, would sink into the proletariat
- argued that, over time, the bourgeoisie would get smaller and much richer
- this ruling-class ideology leads to false class consciousness among the proletariat, who are unaware of the true nature of social relationships under capitalism
- the bourgeoisie's posistion is justified by ruling-class ideology
- the proletariat experience alienation under capitalism because they lack control over production and the products of their labour
- non-ownership of the means of production
- the proletariat experience alienation under capitalism because they lack control over production and the products of their labour
- the bourgeoisie's posistion is justified by ruling-class ideology
- this ruling-class ideology leads to false class consciousness among the proletariat, who are unaware of the true nature of social relationships under capitalism
- argued that, over time, the bourgeoisie would get smaller and much richer
- the petty bourgeoisie, unable to compete, would sink into the proletariat
- the proletariat would get bigger and much poorer
- eventually, the proletariat would rebel, leading to a revolution
- following this, the means of production wold be communally owned, resulting in a classless society
- eventually, the proletariat would rebel, leading to a revolution
- the proletariat would get bigger and much poorer
- the petty bourgeoisie, unable to compete, would sink into the proletariat
- argued that, over time, the bourgeoisie would get smaller and much richer
- this ruling-class ideology leads to false class consciousness among the proletariat, who are unaware of the true nature of social relationships under capitalism
- the bourgeoisie's posistion is justified by ruling-class ideology
- the proletariat experience alienation under capitalism because they lack control over production and the products of their labour
- class membership is determined by economic factors
- the proletariat
- the bourgeoisie
- identified to mnay classes in capitalist society
- Murray
- Walby
- Davis & Moore
- argue all societies need a way of placing individuals into different roles or social posistions that must be filled
- known as role allocation
- some roles are functionally more important for society than other
- most people lack the talent to fill these functionally important roles or the motivation to train for them
- to attract the most talented people, these jobs mist provide access to desirable rewards such as high pay and status
- stratification is functionally necessary for society
- it ensures that the most talented people train for and fill the most important jobs
- all societies must treat people differently in terms of their status and rewards
- all societies must have some degree of inequality built into them
- this inequality is functional, however, because people accept it as fair
- all societies must have some degree of inequality built into them
- all societies must treat people differently in terms of their status and rewards
- it ensures that the most talented people train for and fill the most important jobs
- stratification is functionally necessary for society
- to attract the most talented people, these jobs mist provide access to desirable rewards such as high pay and status
- most people lack the talent to fill these functionally important roles or the motivation to train for them
- some roles are functionally more important for society than other
- known as role allocation
- argue all societies need a way of placing individuals into different roles or social posistions that must be filled
- Townsend
- Devine
- Max Weber
- Goldthrope
- tested the embourgeoisement thesis in the early 1960s
- interviewed affluent workers and their wives from 3 companies in Luton about their attitudes to work, lifestyles, aspirations and political views
- he rejected the embourgeoisement thesis but argued that affluent worker may be part of a 'new' working class that resembled the middle class in terms of privatised, home-centered lifestyles
- interviewed affluent workers and their wives from 3 companies in Luton about their attitudes to work, lifestyles, aspirations and political views
- tested the embourgeoisement thesis in the early 1960s
- Sociological Perspectives
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