Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Functionalism&Inequality
- Meritocracy
- In a meritocracy society people are rewarded
for their talent and ability, A society where
Social positions are achieved by Merit..........
- ... Such as Educational Qualifications, Talent or
Skill and Social class, Gender, Ethnicity etc are
seen as less significant.
Anmerkungen:
- Evidence that that Society is Meritocratic - People from Lower class achieve higher status through talent E.g. Sir Alan Sugar
Evidence society is not meritocratic- Intelligent and talented people are still being judged due to their Ethnicity, Gender , Social Class etc
People born into richer families get more Opportunities
- Functionalist see society like a human body so different
parts of society are like different organs. Each Part plays an
essential role ...
- .. for it to survive as a whole. As long as each
parts does their job everything runs smoothly
- Funtionalism&Inequaliy inGender
- Functionalist say Men&Women naturally have
different roles in society. Women play the 'Caring'
role where as Men play the 'Practical' role
- They say These differences are ascribed at birth and
help society run Smoothly, Ann Oakley criticises this
view and says Gender roles are ....
- .... Socially constructed and not biologicaly ascribed
- Functionalism&Inequality in Age
- Age has become more important in Modern society
and Provides the function of Social integration
- Old age is seen as a time of isolation and loneliness and
receiving pensions means a drop in social status and
being cut of from mainstream society.
- Functionalism&Inequality in Class
- Having a System that ranks people in hierarchy
performs a functions in society. Functionalist
believe that having a hierarchy of social classes ...
- ... (A) helps us identify the most important
and highly thought of jobs in society which
are at top of the hierarchy.
- ....(B) Allows society to reward those performing the
important roles through pay and prestige
- .... (C) Helps us strive to achieve our best in
order to move up the hierarchy and a social
system which is open allows social mobility
between ....
- classes so that the most talented people are
given the opportunity to get the most vital
roles.