Concept, Characteristics

and Form of
Stratification Systems
 Categorizing individuals or group of people based
on factors such as power, wealth. and prestige. this
categories are what we call social classes, and
layering social classes from the lowest to highest is
called social stratification.
 By definition social stratification is the
hierarchical arrangement and establishment of
social categories that may evolve into social groups
together with statuses and their corresponding
roles in the society.
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LOWER CLASS Architecture
These are people who are the skilled artisan, farm
employees, underemployed, and indigent families. Because
of the given status in tife, these people lack revenue or
income and educational training or background.
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MIDDLE CLASS
Middle class individuals are mostly professional
individuals or groups of people like lawyers, doctors,
managers, small business owners, and executives who work in
the corporate world.

They are able to meet both their needs and wants without
even worrying about their finances because of the job and
salary they have.
UPPER
CLASS
At the top of the pyramid is the upper class, explained by
sociologists as elite individuals or group of people thátáre
the most prolific and successful in their respective arēas.

These people may be stockholders and investors in very

huge well-known companies from different industries here
and in abroad,
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 Universal but
variable
Stratification appears in every society, but how it divides and
categorizepeople, and what the advantages and disadvarntages
that come from that division -vary from society to society.

Not a matter of individual

differences.
We can see the effects of social stratification on people
regardless of their personal choices or traits.
 Persist across
generation
Stratification categorizes and rank members of society across
generations, resulting in different life chances.

A social belief.
A society's belief tell us how to categorize people, and they define
inequalities of a stratification system as being normal, or even
fair.
 Forms of
Stratification
System
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Closed System
Stratification
Closed class system exists when a group of people are given
different opportunities, depending on the
characteristics they. were born with, such as color,
gender, or the economic situation of their parents.
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Open System
Class Stratification
Sy stem is on e of the best ex am ples of op en sy ste m of
stratification an d is no t ba se d so le ly on ascr ib ed statu s at birth alon e.
Instead, it co m bine s as cr ib ed sta tu s and pers on al ac hi ev em ent or
achiev ed status in a w ay th at allo w s so m e so ci al m ob ili ty.
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FUNCTIONALISM
Every social class has itspurpose or role to play a part inthe
society. We can't expect the owner of a certain business empire
to do a construction works; but instead, he will hire someone
to do it for himself

The upper class, although they are getting richer because they
have the capacity to exploit naturaland man-made resources
simply because they have the money.
CONFLICT THEORY

This sociological perspective isthe opposite of the latter. KarlMarx viewed

social stratification as creation of inequality between the rich and the poor,
or the powerful versus the powerless.
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with the same social class status