Criteria of social stratification

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Social stratification – this is the main subject of sociology. It describes how segments of society are divided by their way of life, by income level, by the fact that they have some privileges or not. Sociologists “borrowed” the term geologists. There he stands, as are the layers of the Earth in vertical section. Sociologists, too, like the structure of the Earth, placed strata-social strata-vertical. Criteria of social stratification in a simplified version limited to one scale-level of income. On the lower level is poor, medium-wealthy and the upper-the rich. Within each stratum includes people, profits, prestige, power and education which is about the same.

There are following criteria for social stratification, whereby the population is divided into strata: power, education, income, and prestige. They are located on a coordinate axis vertically and connected with each other. Also all of these criteria of social stratification have their own distinctive dimension.

Income – this is the amount of money that is given to the family or individual for a specific time period. This sum of money can be obtained in the form of pensions, salaries, benefits, royalties, alimony, interest income. Measured income in the national currency or in dollars.

When the revenues exceed the expenses of life, they gradually accumulate and turn into wealth. As a rule, it is left for the heirs. The difference between the income from the inheritance is that only the employed persons, whereas the inheritance can receive and idle. The accumulated movable or immovable property – is the main sign of the highest class. The rich may not work, whereas the lower and middle classes, on the contrary, can not live without a paycheck. Unequal distribution of income and wealth and leads to economic inequality in society.

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The Following criterion of social stratification-education. It is measured by years in school and University.

The Third criterion – power. Of deciding whether the man she can be judged by the number of people that is subject to the decision. The essence of power is the ability to impose its will on others without considering their desire. And whether this will be run – this is the second question. For example, the President's decision applies to several million people, and the decision of the Director of a small school-few hundred. In modern society power is protected by tradition and by law. She has many social benefits and privileges.

People with power (economic, political, religious) that make up the elite of society. It defines policies within the state, its relations with other countries so that it was profitable. Other classes are deprived of such opportunities.

These criteria of social stratification are quite tangible units of measurement: people, years, dollars. But the prestige – the figure is subjective. It depends on what kind of profession or occupation used in society respect. If not conducted in the country on the subject of a study by special methods, the prestige of position is determined approximately.

Criteria of social stratification in the complex determine the socio-economic status of a person, i.e. his social standing. And the status, in turn, determines the affiliation to a closed society or an open. In the first case, an impossible transition from stratum to stratum. This includes caste and class. In an open society do not prohibit movement on the social ladder (still, up or down). To this system belong the classes. These are historically developed forms of social stratification.


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