Social stratification describes the system of social standing.

It refers to the way that

society is categorized, mostly it can be seen by factors like power, wealth, income, education and
race. Although not all societys follow all of these for every society is its own and has its own
ways of ranking people in the society. One of the things that plays a big role in this is what ones
parents social standing is. In most societies social stratification is based on wealth and income
but again it can vary from society to society. The caste system is a closed stratification system
which means that people can do little to nothing to change their social status. But a class system
is an open system meaning that people are able to change their social standing in society. Also
there is the Meritocracy, this is another system of social stratification that is based on ones own
metit. For example, if someone works hard at school and has AP classes and becomes valid
Victorian at graduation that is due to their personal Merit not something that the family is known
as.
According to Karl Marx the means of production are non human inputs that are used for
the production of economic values. Some examples include facilities, tools, machinery, capital
and natural capital. Not only does means of production include economic factors but also has two
different parts. The first is Labor and the second is organization of that labor force. Class
consciousness is a social condition where members of a social class are aware of themselves as a
class. False consciousness is a lack of this awareness that one is in a class, this results in a
distorted perception of reality. Dominant ideology refers to the attitudes and beliefs shared by the
majority of people in a given society. The dominant ideology in a society shows how the
majority of that society think about the society around them, and of being in a social class.
Weber believed that class position does not lead to class determined action. While Marx
would have said that class is councious of its interests to class and other classes. Webers

definition of class differs from Marxs because he adds another category in which he called the
Status groupMarx believed that religion reflects social stratification. That it maintains
inequality. Also he states that religion is inseparable from the economy and the worker. Marx
also believed that social stratification came from the result of societies relationship to production.
Cultural capital refers to something that is non financial. This is of social assets that
promote social mobility beyond economic means. Some simple examples include Physical
appearance, education, style of speech and the way one dresses. The relationship to the social
capital is that resources are based on group membership. Relationships and networks influence
and support the social capital. The cultural capital forms the knowledge, skills, education, and
advantages in order to make this group membership to work together in order to influence the
social capital. The cultural capital can be looked at as different types depending on the society it
is located within.