Sociology: Social Class Stratification
Overview SEGMENT 1: Elements of Class Stratification SEGMENT 2: Social Class in the US
Elements of Class Stratification SEGMENT 1
Elements of Class Stratification Social Class- A large group of people who rank closely to one another in wealth, power, and prestige. Wealth – Value of a Person’s Assets minus Liabilities. Wealth consists of property and income Power – ability to get your way despite resistance. Power can be physical, social, institutional, and economic. Prestige – respect given to one’s occupation or social status
Elements of Class Stratification Two competing points of view of how people land in a particular social class: Characteristics of Individuals – people largely determine their own class standing through their willingness to work, intelligence, and attitudes. Social Structure – Your social status at birth combined with historical shifts in patterns of the social structure play a major contributing role in determining your social class position. Sociologists point to data that confirms that individual characteristics have only a minute effect in determination of class position of the individual.
Elements of Class Stratification Structural Mobility – a change in the social structure (changes to access to education or expansion of better paying occupations) that causes a large number of people to move either up or down the social class ladder Exchange Mobility – a change in the social structure that causes a larger number of people to move up and down the social class ladder at the same time.
Elements of Class Stratification Intergenerational Mobility - upward or downward mobility that occurs from one generation to the next Intragenerational Mobility – upward or downward mobility that occurs to a person within their life-time
Elements of Class Stratification Quality of Life Level of Well-Being Choice of Husband or Wife Likelihood of Divorce Style of Child Rearing Educational Attainment Political Beliefs Mental Health Outcomes Physical Health Outcomes Life Expectancy
Social Class in the US SEGMENT 2
Social Class in the US
Social Class in the US
Social Class in the US
Social Class in the US
Social Class in the US
Social Class in the US
Social Class in the US
RECAP SEGMENT 1: Elements of Class Stratification SEGMENT 2: Social Class in the US