Functionalist - Class Inequalities (Davis And Moore) Flashcards
What does David and Moore: reasons for social stratification assumes about modern industrial societies ?
Modern industrial societies are meritocracies
what does Davis and Moore : reason for stratification say about social stratification?
- feature of all human society
- stratification is functionally necessary
What two things does social stratification do according to Davis and Moore: reasons for stratification say ?
Role allocation and high standards
What is role allocation according to Davis and Moore : reasons for social stratification?
Allocates the right people for the most important roles so that the most important positions in society is filled by the most able people by offering them high rewards e.g by income and status
What is high standards according to Davis and Moore: reasons for social Stratification?
Ensures that people people in these roles perform them to the highest standards e.g doctors have roles depending on them so important to motivate them to work the best of their ability
What two factors tell which position is the most important according to Davis and Moore : principle of social stratification?
Functional uniqueness and the degree of dependence of others
What is functional uniqueness according to Davis and Moore: principle of social stratification?
- A position is functionally unique if one person or a small number of people can carry out role - skill set is rare
- functionally unique and requires higher rewards
What is degree of dependence of others according to Davis and Moore: principle of social stratification?
A high number of people relying on the person , e.g many jobs rely on the CEO show how much the role is needed
What are the evaluations of Davis and Moore from Melvin Tumin ?
- inequality of opportunity
- power and rewards
- pool of talents
What does Davis and Moore , inequality of opportunity evaluation say?
Those born into low stratification can never have the same opportunity for realising their talents as those born into higher stratification as they simply have more opportunities (economic , social and cultural capital )
What is power and rewards Davis and Moore evaluation say ?
Davis and Moore ignored the influence of power on unequal distribution of rewards , difference in pay is due to difference in pay
What is the pool of talent evaluation of Davis and Moore say?
Davis and Moore assumed that only a limited number of individuals have the talent to acquire skills for functionally most important roles
