Lecture Fifteen: Basics of Social Stratification
I. Social Stratification Defined
Four key principles of stratification
II. Caste versus Class Stratification Systems
Caste system
Class System
Meritocracies
III. Functions of Stratification
Davis-Moore thesis
Problems with the Functionalist perspective on Stratification
IV. Class and Social Conflict
Marx's Classes
Marx's ideas in the US today