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SOCIAL
STRATIFICATION
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

- Refers to the division of large social groups into smaller

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groups based on categories determined by economics.

- - members of society are arranged in a hierarchy

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BASES OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

WEALTH
PROPERTY
ACCESS TO MATERIALAND CULTURAL GOODS
ACCESS TO POLITICAL POWER

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INEQUALITY
SOCIAL EXCLUSION

Process by which individuals are cut off

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from full involvement in the wider circles of

society

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 SYSTEMS OF
STRATIFICATION
 TWO PRIMARY SYSTEMS OF STRATIFICATION

CLOSED SYSTEM OPEN SYSTEM

- Impose rigid boundaries - Allows more flexibility in

between social groups or social roles and increase
levels of hierarchy social mobility

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 CLASS SYSTEM

-Based on ownership of resource and

individual’s occupation

SOCIAL CLASS – composed of people who

share same background and characteristics.

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CASTE SYSTEM

- - closed stratification system

- - people are unable to change their social standing

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 CLASS SYSTEM

Exogamous Marriage – marriage between people who

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come from different social class

-Endogamous Marriage – marriages between people from

the same social class

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MERITOCRACY

-- Social standing and advancement in this system is

defined by how well a person performs his or her social
roles.

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