The categories of social stratification
are; social class, gender, race and ethnicity and age and disability. Some
indicative features of these categories are as follows:
a)
Social Class
• Distinction between wealth and income
and their distribution in society.
• Social mobility and the link between
class and life chances.
• Changing nature of class and its
relationship to the economy and occupational structure.
b) Gender
• Difference between biological notion
of sex and the socially constructed notion of gender.
• Nature and consequences of gender-role
socialisation.
• Gender inequalities in terms of
occupation, family and social roles and expectations.
c) Race and Ethnicity
• Nature, size and distribution of
different racial and ethnic groups in modern society.
• Inequality relating to race and
ethnicity; in particular, discrimination in education, employment and on life
chances.
• Role of the mass media in the
formation of stereotypes and the consequences for ethnic groups.
d) Age
• Social construction of the concept of
age, including awareness of different notions of childhood, adolescence and old
age in different societies.
• Inequalities as a result of age, such
as employment, unemployment, low pay, access to benefits and restrictions on
social behaviour.
• Implications of changes in the age
structure of modern society.
e) Disability
• Social construction of disability.
•
Inequality relating to disability; in particular, discrimination in education, employment
and on life chances.
•
Role of the mass media in the formation of negative stereotypes and the
consequences for disabled individuals and groups.
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