🔝Social Stratification Review

Social Stratification covers 12 units, from Theories of Social Stratification to Measuring Social Inequality: Key Methods. Review each unit with study guides, practice questions, and key terms.

Unit 1 – Theories of Social Stratification →

1.1

Functionalist theory of stratification

1.2

Conflict theory of stratification

1.3

Weberian approach to stratification

1.4

Marxist theory of class

1.5

Social reproduction theory

1.6

Cultural capital theory

Unit 2 – Social class systems →

2.1

Upper class

2.2

Middle class

2.3

Working class

2.4

Lower class

2.5

Class consciousness

2.6

Social mobility

2.7

Caste systems

Unit 3 – Race and Ethnicity in Social Stratification →

3.1

Racial stratification

3.2

Ethnic stratification

3.3

Systemic racism

3.4

Racial wealth gap

3.5

Ethnic enclaves

3.6

Racial and ethnic identity

Unit 4 – Gender and Social Inequality →

4.1

Gender stratification

4.2

Gender wage gap

4.3

Glass ceiling

4.4

Gender roles and socialization

4.5

Patriarchy

4.6

Feminism and stratification

Unit 5 – Income and Wealth Distribution →

5.1

Income inequality

5.2

Wealth concentration

5.3

Poverty

5.4

Economic mobility

5.5

Inheritance and intergenerational wealth transfer

5.6

Progressive and regressive taxation

Unit 6 – Education and Social Mobility →

6.1

Educational attainment and social class

6.2

School segregation

6.3

Higher education access

6.4

Vocational education

6.5

Educational policies and inequality

6.6

Cultural capital in education

Unit 7 – Occupational stratification →

7.1

Occupational prestige

7.2

Labor market segmentation

7.3

Professional and managerial class

7.4

Blue-collar and white-collar divide

7.5

Gig economy and precarious work

7.6

Occupational segregation

Unit 8 – Power Structures and Elite Theory →

8.1

Power elite theory

8.2

Political power and stratification

8.3

Corporate power

8.4

Media influence on stratification

8.5

Social capital and networking

8.6

Lobbying and interest groups

Unit 9 – Global Stratification: Worldwide Inequality →

9.1

Global North and Global South divide

9.2

World-systems theory

9.3

International labor migration

9.4

Globalization and inequality

9.5

Transnational corporations

9.6

Global poverty

Unit 10 – Intersectionality in Social Class Systems →

10.1

Intersectionality theory

10.2

Multiple forms of oppression

10.3

Intersections of race, class, and gender

10.4

Intersectionality and social policy

10.5

Privilege and disadvantage

10.6

Identity politics

Unit 11 – Social Policy and Stratification →

11.1

Welfare state

11.2

Affirmative action

11.3

Universal basic income

11.4

Progressive taxation

11.5

Social safety net programs

11.6

Education reform policies

Unit 12 – Measuring Social Inequality: Key Methods →

12.1

Gini coefficient

12.2

Poverty line measurements

12.3

Social mobility indices

12.4

Occupational prestige scales

12.5

Qualitative methods in stratification research

12.6

Longitudinal studies of inequality

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🔝Social Stratification Review

Unit 1 – Theories of Social Stratification →

Unit 2 – Social class systems →

Unit 3 – Race and Ethnicity in Social Stratification →

Unit 4 – Gender and Social Inequality →

Unit 5 – Income and Wealth Distribution →

Unit 6 – Education and Social Mobility →

Unit 7 – Occupational stratification →

Unit 8 – Power Structures and Elite Theory →

Unit 9 – Global Stratification: Worldwide Inequality →

Unit 10 – Intersectionality in Social Class Systems →

Unit 11 – Social Policy and Stratification →

Unit 12 – Measuring Social Inequality: Key Methods →

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🔝Social Stratification Review

Unit 1 – Theories of Social Stratification →

Unit 2 – Social class systems →

Unit 3 – Race and Ethnicity in Social Stratification →

Unit 4 – Gender and Social Inequality →

Unit 5 – Income and Wealth Distribution →

Unit 6 – Education and Social Mobility →

Unit 7 – Occupational stratification →

Unit 8 – Power Structures and Elite Theory →

Unit 9 – Global Stratification: Worldwide Inequality →

Unit 10 – Intersectionality in Social Class Systems →

Unit 11 – Social Policy and Stratification →

Unit 12 – Measuring Social Inequality: Key Methods →