Stratification, Class, Status and Party 0.0 / 5 ? SociologyClassStatusPartyStratificationUniversityNone Created by: Luke BartholomewCreated on: 24-01-14 16:18 Weber looked upon the organisation of society as Involving struggles for power 1 of 18 Inequalities are the basis for the organisation of groups and the Struggle over inequalities is most commonly between groups 2 of 18 Weber refused to reduce Stratification (way of ordering people) to purely economic factors (class) but instead saw it as being multi-dimensional 3 of 18 Meaning society is stratified on the basis of Economics, status and power 4 of 18 An implication of this view is that a person can Rank high in one or two of these dimensions but low in another 5 of 18 This results in.. A far more sophisticated analysis of social stratification than when it is reduced to simply economic factors was with some Marxists 6 of 18 Weber argued that class was a collection of people Identified together on the basis of some common characteristic 7 of 18 We can reduce the number of classes to its simplest of two: Those who sell labour the market (employee) and those who buy the labour (employer) 8 of 18 It is then possible from just one of those categories to multiply it up to several by... Distinguishing between the different types of labour each person can offer 9 of 18 A status group is a collection of people who... Recognise themselves as equals who look up to or down on other social groups 10 of 18 A status group involves... Shared understanding, mutual recognition and acknowledgement from its superiors and inferiors of its standing 11 of 18 From an economic point of view a status group is defined in... Terms of production, not consumption 12 of 18 Party is a... Self-conscious organisation for the pursuit of power 13 of 18 As a body created specifically for the purposes of struggling for power, it works... Out its objectives and organisation to maximise its chances of obtaining power 14 of 18 Weber makes it clear that term party is an... An “analytical notion and does not just refer to political parties” 15 of 18 It can also include factions in... Business, leisure and religious organisation as well as large scale political parties 16 of 18 Such a group has Self-awareness and mutual recognition 17 of 18 Parties can attempt to base themselves in Specific social groups, with the aim of winning power in society for that group 18 of 18
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