Posting 9, joon hee Lee

Summary

Stratification means hierarchical arrangement in society. As a result, the stratification is caused by the inequality. Inequality is caused by scarce resources are unfairly distributed. And inequality is very diverse (economic, racial, religious, gender). Sociologists used long time to study the stratification. They have studied extensively such as ‘the causes of inequality’, ‘why inequality is justified’, ‘resolution of inequality’.

In most cases, stratification has mainly based on socioeconomic status. In this case, this is reflected in the personal power, property, prestige and more.

The first inequality began in the settled life. Unlike hunting/gathering life, people except for one that produced food can concentrate on other things except for one that produce food. Since the concept of barter had appeared in society, and soon emerged inequality. The concept of equality appeared with the advent of the Enlightenment ideology. This was the role that tells citizens the reason why we are unequal is because of social structure.

In functionalism, sociologists think inequality conduct the right function elements in society. Also, they consider the phenomenon of stratification is inevitable and beneficial in society. On the other hand, the conflict theory prescribes stratification to be harmful to society. Inequality is thought that maintained by the people, not inevitable.

Inequality appears at the global level. This appears in the income gap between the country and quality of life (poverty, health, education) difference and so on. The reason this happens is a matter of national systems, the exploitation of developed countries

Opinion&Question

Reading the pharase; 'Inequality and poverty didn’t just drop down from the sky, like an apple does from a tree', I think about the stratification in korea. I think there are many inequality in Korea society. And the gap of status becomes bigger more and more. if this phenomenon continue, our society will be waver seriously.
Then, where is the solution? I think it is 'Combat corruption'. Our society, we lived in, especially, lack of integrity including from enterprise to government institiution. the reason is  why think this 'correct investigation is conducted in society'. So, I thought we can do reduce gap between status is 'Monitor the admistration' and 'Clear the ivestigation process'. And, anything else we can imagine??