The concept, characteristics and forms of stratification systems using sociological perspectives

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it is referred to a society’s classification of its members into groups based on socioeconomic characteristics (such as wealth, income, race, education, ethnicity, gender, employment, social position , or derived power)

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Social stratification

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it is best understood as the degree to which such inequalities are contained within or influenced by, political structures and processes (involving influence, authority, or power)

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Political stratification

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“a person’s status, or position within a stratified social system, is determined by his/her relative power, wealth and prestige.”

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Max Weber’s Theory of Stratification

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The arrangement of classification of something into different groups.

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Stratification

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factors that influence social stratification

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Social stratification

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3 component theory of social stratification

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1. Prestige
2. Wealth
3. Power

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refers to the ability to influence other people. It is getting what they want despite the unwillingness of others to give in their desires.

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Power

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refers to the person’s position in the society.

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Prestige

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This refers to having a certain status that enables you to have resources or opportunities that others without your status cannot have

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Prestige

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refers to the amount of resources that you have

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Wealth

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Pertains to the accumulated economic capital of an individual or group

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Wealth

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It is how people manage to change their social position over a period of life

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Social Mobility System

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refers how people would move up and down in the social hierarchy

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Vertical Mobility

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refers to a person were to move in an equally ranked position

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Horizontal Mobility

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is a person’s status is based on their achievement

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Open Class System

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in these societies people are born into their classes and they will usually remain in their ascribed status for the rest of their life

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Closed Class System

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people having unequal access to various resources and privileges in society

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Social Inequality

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is one of the dimensions of stratification that concerns the gap between the rich and poor

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Social Inequalities

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According to him , capital “is a force inscribed in the objectivity of things so that everything is not equally possible and impossible.”

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Pierre Bordieu

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also refers to the unequal and biased treatment of in idividuals on the basis of their gender

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Gender inequality

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It happens when an individual of a specific gender is given different or disadvantages treatment in comparison to a person of the other gender in the same circumstances

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Gender inequality

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are groups of people defined by characteristics such as race, culture, language, or national origin, who are considered to be a minority within a larger society.

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Ethnic Minorities

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is the concept of alienating or dividing individuals or a group in a certain society.

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Social exclusion

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one of the most debated issues in the world is that of global _______

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Inequality

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refers to the unequal distribution of scare resources and values across territories

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Inequality