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› hierarchical arrangement of individuals
› Ã
  ñ rock layers created by natural processes.
› Mhe term most commonly relates to the socioñ
economic concept of class, involving the
"classification of persons into groups based on
shared socioñeconomic conditions ... a
relational set of inequalities with economic,
social, political and ideological dimensions"
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› Úarl Marx
› suggested that the primary social division was
between a "ruling class" and a laboring class

› Max Weber
› claimed there to be in fact four main classes: the
upper class, the white collar workers, the petite
bourgeoisie, and the manual working class
› introduced three independent factors that form his
theory of stratification hierarchy; class, status, and
power
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. Autocracy
2. Monarchism
3. Oligarchy
4. Republic
5. Democracy
6. Anarchism
7. Ochlocracy
8. Plutocracy
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› Mhe rankings apply to social categories of
people who share a common characteristic
without necessarily interacting or identifying with
each other. Mhe process of being ranked can
be changed by the person being ranked.
› People's life experiences and opportunities
depend on their social category. Mhis
characteristic can be changed by the amount
of work a person can put into their interests.
› Mhe ranks of different social categories change
slowly over time.
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› the arrangements of people in society in
economic or cultural groups
› a group of people that share the same or
similar social status
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› Mhe social class position allocated to an individual
by society as a result of factors over which the
individual has no control (Ex. sex, race, family
background.)
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› Mhe social class position which an individual
acquires as a result of his/her own activities. (Ex.
education, occupation.)
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› Registrar Generals·s Classification
› done on the basis of occupation

3Õawyers, architects and doctors

3: Shopkeepers, farmers, teachers

3Shop assistants, clerical staff (non manual)

electricians, miners (manual)

3Bus conductors, farm workers

3Õaborers on building sites.

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› Classification by marketing groups

A: ÿ
 
: Higher managerial, administrative
or professional

B:  3
: Intermediate managerial, administrative

or professional

C: 
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: Supervisor or clerical and junior

C2:  
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: Skilled manual workers

D: Working Class: Semiñand unskilled manual workers

E:  
        : State

pensioners etc. with no other earnings
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› Social classes in ancient Rome




: Mhe upper echeleon of society,
comprising government officials, landowners and
leading citizens.

 
: Ordinary citizens comprising mostly small

businessmen.


 : Mhese were the lowest echelon society of

society, owned by patricians and plebians,
performing mostly menial jobs although well
educated slaves were also doctors and teachers.
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› Mhe great philosopher Plato, proposed three
classes as follows:

  


 According to Plato,
philosophers were best suited to be kings, to bring
out the best of society

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 (soldiers) who maintained law and
order and administered justice



s, or those who performed labor, such as
artisans, etc.
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› Caste System of India
› describes the system of social stratification and
social restrictions in the Indian subcontinent in
which social classes are defined by thousands of
endogamous hereditary groups, often termed
 Ã or castes.
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› Caste System of India
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› In the Philippines

Rich

Middle
Class

Poor