Social Stratification & Life Chances
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1) Imagine a society in which there are no social classes- no differences in people's wealth, income, and life chances. What would such a society be like?
2) Would it be stable or would its social structure change over time?
3) How could you apply Max Weber's theory of stratification to this scenario? Provide examples. hide problem
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Classless Society & Social Stratification
1) Imagine a society in which there are no social classes- no differences in people's wealth, income, and life chances. What would such a society be like?
A classless society like a kibbutz or a commune does away with individual property and wealth. Everything is owned by the people/community, and, while everybody has different roles in the social organization, it is assumed that people are given particular roles because it is what they can be best at to 'serve' the common good. It is the whole rather than the individual whose interest is served in such an arrangement, in theory, a perfectly classless society will have no one above or below; everybody is equal down to the benefits, wages and support they get from the state. Life chances then should be very similar as all children will be born to families with similar realities - all will have the same access to education, opportunities as well as resources. Such a society will be governed by a 'council' or a group of elders or politicians/party leaders whose interest is to ensure that the interest of the commune remains. It is a kind of 'watchdog' that ensures all wealth, property, benefits and opportunity are equally shared and that the ideology, the central theme behind the community, remains. So any voices to the contrary complaining about lack of opportunity or working ...
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