Social Stratification Chapter 8
Social Stratification Life chances Ascribed and achieved characteristics Status value Life chances across countries Life chances within countries
Stratification Systems Caste system Class system Social mobility Vertical mobility Downward / upward mobility Intrageneraltional / intergenerational mobility Mixed stratification systems
Theories of Stratification Functions of poverty (Gans 1972) A functionalist view of stratification (Kingsley, Moore 1945) A conflict view of stratification World system theory Colonialism
Social Class Karl Marx Max Weber Urban underclass Rural Poor