In the book, Animal Farm, Orwell (1945 cited in Macionis and Plummer, 2012:251) said that all animals were equal, but some were more equal than others, which implies a phenomenon that everything in the society has its own position. In modern society, it is called social stratification. Macionis and Plummer (2012:252) defined social stratification as the concept illustrating how society ranks categories of people hierarchically. When discussing the reason why societies are stratified, two major theories, functionalism and conflict theories, appear. Functionalists pinpoint that stratification system is functional and necessary for society, and it can motivate people. (Ritzer, 2015:276) whilst conflict theorists tend to ‘take a jaundiced view
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To begin with, the economic position of a family defines its social class, a system made on the basis of individual achievements (Macionis and Plummer, 2012:258). For Marxist, it means that each one is born to be unequal. However, although the inequality in economy divided people into different classes, it incents the majority of people to endeavor so that they can enter a higher class and provide children better life quality and opportunities, which proves the functional theory. What’s more, someone argue that globalization fastens the economic inequality and increases the global poverty, which influence the social class of a country. On the contrary, Macionis and Plummer (2012:51) hold the view that international market and wealth were activated because globalization stimulates the worldwide pace of economic development to growth, which increased the average level of economic position. Thus, people are becoming equal despite the existence of elites, so as the different family in each country. Additionally, since social stratification is a world problem and globalization help to create the platform of not considering it as a problem belonged to one country (Macionis and Plummer, 2012:53), therefore, the world is developing to be …show more content…
That is to say, people from upper class are more significant to the society than those from working class. Even though it is true that the more powerful a people is, the easier he or she can control others, people are reluctant to admit that he or she can supervise others. One example of being powerlessness is the domestic workers who comes from extremely poor countries in Kuwait that they not only suffer sexual and physical abuse, but also have strict restrictions on their movement (Ritzer, 2015:257). On the other hand, a survey done in 2013 illustrated that 40 per cent of women earns more than men, which is 36 per cent more than that in 1970 (Ritzer, 2015:255). The survey demonstrated a phenomenon that with the development of the society, women are gradually leave the situation that being excluded from earning money and taking control of themselves, which is proved by Macionis and Plummer (2012:546) that ‘in 1995, national assemblies comprised, on average, 11.5 per cent women; by May 2008, it was 18.4 per
To begin with, the economic position of a family defines its social class, a system made on the basis of individual achievements (Macionis and Plummer, 2012:258). For Marxist, it means that each one is born to be unequal. However, although the inequality in economy divided people into different classes, it incents the majority of people to endeavor so that they can enter a higher class and provide children better life quality and opportunities, which proves the functional theory. What’s more, someone argue that globalization fastens the economic inequality and increases the global poverty, which influence the social class of a country. On the contrary, Macionis and Plummer (2012:51) hold the view that international market and wealth were activated because globalization stimulates the worldwide pace of economic development to growth, which increased the average level of economic position. Thus, people are becoming equal despite the existence of elites, so as the different family in each country. Additionally, since social stratification is a world problem and globalization help to create the platform of not considering it as a problem belonged to one country (Macionis and Plummer, 2012:53), therefore, the world is developing to be …show more content…
That is to say, people from upper class are more significant to the society than those from working class. Even though it is true that the more powerful a people is, the easier he or she can control others, people are reluctant to admit that he or she can supervise others. One example of being powerlessness is the domestic workers who comes from extremely poor countries in Kuwait that they not only suffer sexual and physical abuse, but also have strict restrictions on their movement (Ritzer, 2015:257). On the other hand, a survey done in 2013 illustrated that 40 per cent of women earns more than men, which is 36 per cent more than that in 1970 (Ritzer, 2015:255). The survey demonstrated a phenomenon that with the development of the society, women are gradually leave the situation that being excluded from earning money and taking control of themselves, which is proved by Macionis and Plummer (2012:546) that ‘in 1995, national assemblies comprised, on average, 11.5 per cent women; by May 2008, it was 18.4 per