ANT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Kinship, Conflict Theories, Social Inequality
7 Jun 2020
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Functionalist theory of stratification: a theory suggesting that inequality is necessary to maintain complex societies. Require wide variety of profession of varying degree of specialization. Fewer people would train to be a surgeon if they could attain the same level of wealth, power, prestige by working as a janitor. Complex societies don"t always reward profession that are most involved in maintaining society (hockey player vs nurse) Don"t account for the barriers to entering the high prestige profession. Ethnic minorities, women and people with less money don"t have the same opportunities for education. Assumes that everyone is motivated to seek the highest paying status job. Conflict theory of stratification: a theory suggesting that a power struggle takes place between the upper and lower levels of society. Contend that people in the upper levels use their influence with in a gov"t, industry and education and religion institution to keep others satisfied with their lower status.
