SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN

SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE
Prepaired by: Group 4
 Functionalism

•At the beginning, we may think of social stratification as

merly only creating social inequality among groups of
people.
• In some aspects of social life, it is true.
• But social inequality brought by social
stratification base from wealth, prestige, and
power of social groups, is indeed functional in the
society according to Functionalist Theory.
 Social Inequality

• Social equality is a state of affairs in which all

people within a specific society or isolated
group have the same status in certain respects,
often including civil rights, freedom of speech,
property rights, and equal access to social
goods and services.
 Functionalism
• Every social class has its purpose or role to play a
part in the society.

• The upper class, althrough they are getting richer

beacause they have the capacity to exploit natural
and man-made resources simple because they have
.

money.

•Their role in the society could create job

opportunities for other social classes below them.
 Functionalism

• Those with college degree can be

employed with a higher paid salary
and good position in a company.
 Functionalism

• Those with college degree can

be employed with a higher paid
salary and good position in a
company
 Conflict Theory

• This sociological perspective is the opposite of

the latter.

• Karl Marx Vied

-viewed social stratification as creation of inequality
between the rich and the poor or the powerful
versus the powerless.
 Conflict Theory
. • Conflict theory is a sociological perspective that
views society as a system characterized by
competition and conflict for resources and power.

• It suggests that social structures and institutions are

created to maintain the dominance of those in
power, and that these dominant groups use their
power to exploit and oppress the disanvantage
groups.
 Example:
- Is the wage gap between men and women.

• Conflict teotorists would argue that this gap is

not simply due to differences in education,
experience, and job performance, but rather
because of the dominant.
 Symbolic Interactionism

• View social stratification on a micro level where

individuals affects others whom they have
interacted because of thier social status.

• In most socities, people can only interact only

to those with the same social class status.
 Symbolic Interactionism

•Symbolic interactionism is a sociological theory that

develops from practical considerations and alludes to
humans' particular use of shared language to create
common symbols and meanings, for use in both intra-
and interpersonal communication.
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