Research Paper on:
Social Stratification - An Overview

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Wallace, 2009). C. Aspects of social capital III. Capital and Social Class A. Study of social stratification in 27 countries (Pichier & Wallace, 2009). B. Aspects of social  capital that define social class: 1. "associational networks" 2. occupational position and education" IV. Class Mobility A. Definition of class mobility B. Personal responsibility and class mobility (Mihalache, 2010).  1. Can "hard work" enable social mobility? V. Class Mobility II A. Impact of Poverty on Social Mobility 1. Less access to health care 2. Less access to higher  tier education 3. Less access to associational networks VI. Perceptions of Social Class A. Social categories broken up by class: 1. Upper class 2. Middle class 3. Lower class  VII. Social Stratification and Employment Discrimination A. Do Employers discriminate according to perceived social class? 1. Study of 2560 UK companies (Jackson, 2009). 2. Employees discriminate on the basis  of: a. name recognition b. type of school attended c. gender d. university attended VIII. Racism and Social Stratification A. Social stratification along ethnic lines B. Ties to racism  IX. Racism and Social Stratification - An Example A. 2010 study in Brazil B. "Evidence of profound social stratification by skin color" (Villarreal, 2010). 1. lower educational attainment  2. lower occupational attainment 3. more likely to live in poverty 4. less likely to be socially affluent X. The Bootstrap Myth A. Is it possible to move up  social categories by hard work? B. The "American Dream" C. Social mobility requires access to material wealth XI. Delusional Perceptions of Social Position A. Russian youth perceptions of social  class different from economic reality (Pasovets, 2011). B. Social mobility sometimes delusional notion, depending on access to social capital. XII. Conclusion. References