Social_Stratification_Analysis__1_.docx(1) SOC-102 Social Stratification Analysis College of Nursing and Health Care Professions, Grand Canyon University SOC-102: Principles of Sociology Part One Social stratificat
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Social_Stratification_Analysis__1_.docx(1) SOC-102 Social Stratification Analysis College of Nursing and Health Care Professions, Grand Canyon University SOC-102: Principles of Sociology Part One Social stratification is a system that refers to an individual's categorization in society, keeping in mind factors like wealth, race, education, and so on. Social stratification can be different based upon the system it operates. There are three distinct systems: caste, slavery, and class. Through the three systems, they either allow, limit, or don't allow social mobility outside of an individual™s group. The class system functions around placing people in different ranks depending on their economic status (Larkin, 2015). Being as though an economic position is based on wealth, individuals have the ability to jump classes, creating various room for social mobility. However, although social mobility is flexible, everyone does not have the same equal advantages to move social classes. People placed at a higher ranking may have access to more prestige and valuable goods and services, as opposed to those in a lower ranking (Larkin, 2015). As stated before, the class system regards the economic standpoint of the individuals within the system. For example, in the class system if someone is born into a higher class they™re automatically of higher economic status. Those born into a higher class are surrounded with more privileges than those that are born into a lower class. Class ultimately depicts whether a person will get i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
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