Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Functionalism &
Social Stratification
- Structural
theory
- All strucutures sereves a useful function
- A strong collective conscious exist in society; binding indviduals together
- Explains social world with reference to systems
- Durkhiem
- Explained the development of inequality in terms of the
transformation from agricultural socities into industralised
complex societies
- Modern soceities require highly
specialised divisions of labour to occupy
hospitals, schools etc.
- As industralised soceties
are complex, they need
specialisit to undertake
various of jobs to ensure
running smoothly.
- The different jobs of division of
labour generate different status
and power than others
- Individuals would accept this aslong as they
deemed it fair, though it could also be controlled
through institiations and socialisation
- Davis and
Moores
- Society needs most talented to
perform most skilled jobs and thus
pay them accordingly
- Society is meritocratic and thus the examination system
would sift and sort individuals with their class position
reflecting this allocation
- There is an expectation that those
at the top would sacrafise early on
in life to make this 'power' possible
- Parsons
- In industralised societies stratifcation
exists on the basis of which roles are
agreed to be most important and
functional to society
- This agreement occurs as people are
socialised into shared norms and
values by institutiosn
- The value consensus that occurs is what hold
society together - gives social order.
- Values give people a common goal - work hard...
- Evaluation of Func...
- Cultural capital - Bourdie - not all suceed in exams
- Soceity not meritocratic not everyone starts at the same point.
- Society not harminous - capitalist exploit proletariat
- No emperical evidence - - assumptions - though deep analysis
shows not most functional jobs lead to higest pay - i.e. Nurse
earns less than bankers