Stratification Definitions
1. Social stratification indicates that the society ranks people and put them into high to low categories based on their race, gender, birth, power, or wealth. It is like a hierarchy.
Caste system is a closed system that ranks people based on the birth. An example for this is the old Indian society.
Slavery system is a closed system that ranks people based on their social position (the winner or the loser of the war),social action (crime) and economic status (debt). Some people could be the property of others. An example of this old Egypt society.
Estate System ranks people into Nobility, clergy, and surfs, An example for this is Medieval Europe society.
Class system is a open system that ranks people based on their economic roles and individual achievement. An example for this is the current American society.
2.The means of production is a system of which the slaveries serves as the labor to produce goods that would be used by the ruling class. This causes a unequal distribution of wealth in society. Masters and landlords are the owners the means of production.
Proletariat refers to the class of the bottom-level industry worker, whose only possession of power is their labor, the ability to work. On the contrary, bourgeoisie refers to the class that own the means of production. They are the actual owner of the capital and try to preserve their capital and economical advantage.
Class consciousness regards to one's belief about his or her social class's status, structure, and interests.
Dominant ideology is what the majority of the society believe and value. The dominant ideology can be seen as a way to social control.
False consciousness means that the subordinate classes have the wrong consciousness about the dominant classes. The wrong systematic relations embedded in the subordinate class makes them obscure about their reality of exploitation, subordination and domination.
3.For Weber, class is a social concept that exists in economic order, based on one's position in the market.
A status group is formed based on the characteristic that is recognized by others, the characteristic then becomes the social honor. For instance, it can be ethnic characteristics or gender characteristics.
Parties are organizations that involves associations that based on the level prestige
Weber views social class as people who have the same economic interests and occupations while Marx doesn't consider social class have the same share of consciousness.
4.Culture capital is linked to class differences for the culture capital is not evenly distributed through all classes. People who come from upper class have the priority because they define their own culture as dominant culture, which is worthy of being pursued and achieved. On the other side, working class have lower success rate for they are comparatively far away from the dominant culture.
Cultural capital is linked to power differences because culture capital can be transferred to wealth and power with education system.
Cultural capital promotes social recognition and possession of culture capital could lead to social and economic advantages. Cultural capital is connected with information , such as how to wear (attire), how to use particular object()sports, how to consume (food).
Caste system is a closed system that ranks people based on the birth. An example for this is the old Indian society.
Slavery system is a closed system that ranks people based on their social position (the winner or the loser of the war),social action (crime) and economic status (debt). Some people could be the property of others. An example of this old Egypt society.
Estate System ranks people into Nobility, clergy, and surfs, An example for this is Medieval Europe society.
Class system is a open system that ranks people based on their economic roles and individual achievement. An example for this is the current American society.
2.The means of production is a system of which the slaveries serves as the labor to produce goods that would be used by the ruling class. This causes a unequal distribution of wealth in society. Masters and landlords are the owners the means of production.
Proletariat refers to the class of the bottom-level industry worker, whose only possession of power is their labor, the ability to work. On the contrary, bourgeoisie refers to the class that own the means of production. They are the actual owner of the capital and try to preserve their capital and economical advantage.
Class consciousness regards to one's belief about his or her social class's status, structure, and interests.
Dominant ideology is what the majority of the society believe and value. The dominant ideology can be seen as a way to social control.
False consciousness means that the subordinate classes have the wrong consciousness about the dominant classes. The wrong systematic relations embedded in the subordinate class makes them obscure about their reality of exploitation, subordination and domination.
3.For Weber, class is a social concept that exists in economic order, based on one's position in the market.
A status group is formed based on the characteristic that is recognized by others, the characteristic then becomes the social honor. For instance, it can be ethnic characteristics or gender characteristics.
Parties are organizations that involves associations that based on the level prestige
Weber views social class as people who have the same economic interests and occupations while Marx doesn't consider social class have the same share of consciousness.
4.Culture capital is linked to class differences for the culture capital is not evenly distributed through all classes. People who come from upper class have the priority because they define their own culture as dominant culture, which is worthy of being pursued and achieved. On the other side, working class have lower success rate for they are comparatively far away from the dominant culture.
Cultural capital is linked to power differences because culture capital can be transferred to wealth and power with education system.
Cultural capital promotes social recognition and possession of culture capital could lead to social and economic advantages. Cultural capital is connected with information , such as how to wear (attire), how to use particular object()sports, how to consume (food).