Importance of Stratification:
-Through S.S., men all over, dispels discrimination,
stereotyping and prejudice.
-Man will exert great effort in competing with others.
=-Knowledge of S.S. may enable man to adapt to the
social environment
-Improvement of man’s standard of living
-Effect economic development in a society.
-Attainment of a harmonious and stable society.
◦Caste System
-Brahmins – private and scholars
-Kastriya – warriors
-Vaisya – merchants and farmers
-Sudra – labourers and peasants
Estate System
-Nobility
-Clergy
-Peasantry
o Meritocracy
◦Education
◦Income
◦Intelligence
◦Proletariat (Worker)
-Max Weber’s Analysis of Social Class
◦Upper Class- with high personal income, inherited wealth and economic power
◦Middle Class – small businessmen, teachers, merchants, traders with modest income.
◦Lower Class – earning low incomes with a little or nosavings; some are unemployed.
Social Mobility is the movement of an individual or group from one social class
to another.
-Process of changing one’s social class or status.
Types of Mobility
◦Vertical Mobility
-The upward or downward movement from a class level toanother.
◦Horizontal Mobility
-Change of a position that does not involve any real changes of class rank.
◦Power
◦Prestige
◦Wealth
◦Pressure