SOCI 2510 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Kuznets Curve, Social Class In The United Kingdom, Conspicuous Consumption
22 Jan 2018
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Social stratification, a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy, is. Social stratification is a trait of society, not simply a reflection of individual based on four basic principles. differences. Social stratification carries over from generation to generation. Some individuals, especially in high-income societies, do experience social mobility, a change in position within the social hierarchy. Social mobility can be upward or downward. More often, people move horizontally, exchanging one occupation for another at a comparable level. The social standing of most people remains much the same over their individual lifetimes. Yet what is unequal, and how unequal it is, varies from one society to another. Social stratification involves not just inequality but beliefs as well. Any system of inequality defines these arrangements as fair. The explanation of why people should be unequal differs from society to society. Closed systems allow for little change in social position, and open systems permit much more social mobility.
