W12.2 Lee Ga Eun(이가은)

 -Summary

Stratification is the relative social status of people within a social group, category, geographical region, or social unit. The classification of people by social stratification occurs most clearly in complex state-based, polycentric, or feudal societies, the latter based on socioeconomic relations between the aristocratic and peasant classes. Since the structure of social stratification arises from inequalities in status among people, the degree of social inequality determines a person's social class. In general, the greater the social complexity of a society, the more social stratification there is through social differentiation. The social status variables that underlie social stratification are based on social perceptions. Attitudes toward people and their various characteristics, while many such variables vary across time and place, the relative weight assigned to each variable and the specific combination of these variables will vary from place to place over time.

-Interesting

It was interesting that social stratification, or social status, can change over time in a changing environment, and that people's perspectives can act as variables.

-Question

Social stratification can exist through social differentiation. What do you think is the most socially discriminatory phenomenon at present?

Comments

  1. Kim SeoyoungJune 17, 2024 at 1:52 AM

    I agree that it was interesting that people's perspectives can act as variables. I learned anew through this article and class that people's perspectives play an important role in social stratification. To take one example, a job that was not considered important in the past can emerge as an important position through social awareness. Depending on how you think about it, social mobility increases and social stratification can be affected, so efforts to change it positively are very important.

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