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UNIT II
SOCIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

THEORIES OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

Sociologist who try to account for the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and
prestige in human society lean toward either of two theories, the conflict and fundamentalist.

3 COMPONENTS OF THEORIES

• Class
• Status
• Power

THEORIES

Conflict VS Functionalist

Conflict – a theory propounded by Karl Marx that claims society is in a state of perpetual
conflict due to competition for limited resources.
Functionalist – society is a system of interconnected parts that work together in harmony to
maintain a state of balance and social equilibrium for the whole.

SOCIAL MOBILITY

The movement of an individual or a group within a stratification system that change
the individual's or group's status in society.

Amount of social mobility in a society depends on two things:

1. Rules governing how to gain or keep their positions.
2. Can be influenced by structural changes.

Types of Mobility

• Upward
• Intergeneration
• Downward

Variables

• Gender
• Race
• Ethnicity

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