Chapter 8 Flashcards
Social Stratification
A society’s categorization of it’s people into rankings based on factors
Sosioeconomic status
Combines income, education, and occupational prestige data in a single index of a person’s position in the socioeconomic hierarchy
power
the ability to impose one’s will on others
Social Mobility
economic systems and people’s mobility to move throughout the social strata
Why is stratification necessary?
Because some jobs are more important than others
Marx Theory of Stratification
social stratification is created by people’s differing relationship to the means of production: either they own productive property or they labor for others.
Weber’s Theory
Society is divided into 4 main classes, large property owners, small property owners, employees with relatively high education, and manual workers who lack higher education.
Functional theory of Stratification argues:
Some job are more important than others therefore stratification is necessary.
- People make sacrifices to do these jobs
- People encourage others to keep doing these jobs with their sacrifices
Human Capital
is the sum of useful skills and knowledge an individual posesses.
Social Capital
refers to the networks or connections that individuals possess.
Cultural Capital
Comprises people’s ability to impress others, use tasteful language and images effectively, and thus influence and persuade others.
