Essays About Social Stratification

Social stratification is the creation of layers of people or groups of people based on the unequal access to scarce resources (income, wealth, power, and prestige). Each layer in the system is known as a social class. There are three perspectives on stratification; functionalist, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism. The functionalist perspective exists in society…

Introduction Stratification is the arrangement or classification of something into various sections. Three categories of stratification are social class, race/ethnicity and gender. Ferris & Stein’s book The Real World: An Introduction to Sociology states that social stratification one form or another is present in all societies this means that members of a given society are…