(SOC-102) Stratification - Grade: A+Stratification within society with examples Principles of Sociology

(SOC-102) Stratification – Grade: A+Stratification within society with examples Principles of Sociology

Social stratification is a system which groups of people are further divided based upon
power, property, and prestige. Social stratification can be different based upon the system it
operates. Stratification systems can be based on what is most important in one’s society such as
religion, education, or economic value. The values of society are different across the entire
world, making stratification systems different throughout the entire world. There are four distinct
systems: slavery, caste, feudal, and class.

The class system functions around ranking people through their economic position (Larkin, 2015). This allows for more social mobility within the system because people can improve upon their own economic value. Even though there is room
for social mobility it is still not completely flexible for people to move up. Some people may
struggle to have access to good and services. (Larkin, 2015). As earlier stated, the class system is
determined by the economic value of the person within the system.

This can be related to the
feudal system as it is based on where people are born. In the class system if someone is born into
a higher ranked family then they will most likely have a higher rank in society over all. If
someone is born into a family with less value than they may stay at a lower economic or find it
harder to move up because they are not born into a family that has easy access to goods and
services. The complete opposite from the class system is the slavery system. The slavery system
is completely closed off and doesn’t allow for movement between the classes. The social