Society today is unburdened by social stratification. In the United States the nation’s top one percent of earners own about 40% of the wealth. On the other hand the bottom 80% of earners only owns about 7%. While this occurs the bottom classes still believe they can change their social class through a combination of hard work, education and utter courage. Nevertheless, social stratification still remains a force to reckon with in most societies.
For a long time now, the concept of social stratification has been the subject of debate among most sociologists. Its root causes and the effect it has on the society has been on the spotlight for analysis. A number of sociologists such as Karl Marx and Max Weber presented their different viewpoints on the subject. While Karl and …show more content…
He defines the bourgeoisie as the owners of means of production while the proletariat as the workers. Karl argues that the class that owns the means of production exploits the workers without their comprehension. The workers are paid just enough to afford them a place to live and something to eat. For this reason, the workers are misguided to be well off. He held the thought that workers would develop a true conscious about class and rise up against their exploitative bosses in a bid to own everything equally by everybody within the society. According to Karl’s theory on stratification, he predicted that no one echelon would hold the control of source of wealth. A prediction that never came to pass as modernization completely changed the society. In contrary, the workers gain more education that supported them to acquire more jobs skills and thus attaining the financial well-being that was previously thought impossible. As opposed to Karl’s prediction of increased exploitation, the workers came under the protection of labor laws and unions (Giddens
For a long time now, the concept of social stratification has been the subject of debate among most sociologists. Its root causes and the effect it has on the society has been on the spotlight for analysis. A number of sociologists such as Karl Marx and Max Weber presented their different viewpoints on the subject. While Karl and …show more content…
He defines the bourgeoisie as the owners of means of production while the proletariat as the workers. Karl argues that the class that owns the means of production exploits the workers without their comprehension. The workers are paid just enough to afford them a place to live and something to eat. For this reason, the workers are misguided to be well off. He held the thought that workers would develop a true conscious about class and rise up against their exploitative bosses in a bid to own everything equally by everybody within the society. According to Karl’s theory on stratification, he predicted that no one echelon would hold the control of source of wealth. A prediction that never came to pass as modernization completely changed the society. In contrary, the workers gain more education that supported them to acquire more jobs skills and thus attaining the financial well-being that was previously thought impossible. As opposed to Karl’s prediction of increased exploitation, the workers came under the protection of labor laws and unions (Giddens