Social Stratifiction

• Social Desirables

  ● It is related to social acceptance, social approval, popularity, social

  status, leadership qualities, or any quality making him a socially

  desirable companion.

  ● Dictate how one should be treated in a society of inequality.
• Social Stratification

  ● Systematic categorization of individuals and institutions in a society

  based on their roles or functions and statuses. Each individual is

  accorded with specific tasks or ascribed with a particular role to play

  in the society.
• Theory of Stratification (Max Weber)

  ● Wealth - Encompasses the properties owned by an individual as well as

  his or her material assets and investment capital like money.

  ● Power - The capacity to influence or control the behavior of individuals

  and institutions, whether by persuasion or coercion

  ● Prestige - Defined as esteem, respect, or approval for culturally valued

  acts or qualities
• Social Mobility

  ● Individual's ability to move from one place to another along

  stratified positions of society

  ● The ease or difficulty an individual experience in moving from one

  social position to another is highly dependent on the type of

  society he or she lives in.

  ● Education plays a vital role in social mobility. It allows people at

  the lower strata of society to move upward in the social order.
• Caste System

  A) Dalits

  B) Shudras

  C) Vaishyas

  D) Kshatriyas

  E) Brahmins

  
• Two Kinds of Society

  ● Open Society - A society is considered open when stratification is based on social classes, where people's social position or status are determined by economic wealth and income.

  In an open society people have the freedom to move from the bottom of the social ladder to the top through individual efforts and success.

  ● Closed Society - A society is considered closed when changes or shift in social positions or social mobility are limited; and in some societies even prohibited. In a closed society it prohibits a person from moving upward in the social ladder.