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What is social stratification?

Social stratification is the ranking of people and the rewards they receive based on social factors, often including wealth, power and/or prestige

What are the three most common social stratification systems?

Slavery, Caste and Class Systems

What is slavery?

Slavery is a stratification system isn which one person has complete control over another


Slavery is driven by rapid population growth and extreme poverty, weak governments and the desire for cheap labour

What are the three forms of slavery?

Chattel Slavery, Debt Bondage and Contract Slavery

What is a caste system?

Caste systems are a system in which a person's position may be a position of power and privilege or of disadvantage, but in either case, his or her place is permanently fixed


People are born into a caste and it is a lifelong position that is ascribed


Caste systems do not allow people to move up and down the ranks



What is a class system?

Class systems represent a form of stratification that allows social mobility



What did Karl Marx suggest in regards to the class systems?

He suggested that the class structure of western Europe consisted of three groups, the proletariat, the bourgeoisie and the petite bourgeoisie


Workers willingly participate in their own exploitation because they have a false consciousness


Through class consciousness or understanding of their position workers will unite and benefit from their labour



Max Weber's Class System

Included: Class, status and party


Status or prestige includes people with fame or important positions


Party refers to the political dimension of power


Power elevates a person's importance, which in turn causes his or her rank to rise