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< i'm being broken by social stratification
> an excerpt: The concept of social stratification is often used and interpreted differently within specific theories. In sociology, for example, proponents (those in favor) of action theory have suggested that social stratification is commonly found in developed societies, wherein a dominance hierarchy may be necessary in order to maintain social order and provide a stable social structure. So-called conflict theories, such as Marxism, point to the inaccessibility of resources and lack of social mobility found in stratified societies. Many sociological theorists have criticized the extent to which the working classes are unlikely to advance socioeconomically while the wealthy tend to hold political power which they use to exploit the proletariat (laboring class). Talcott Parsons, an American sociologist, asserted that stability and social order are regulated, in part, by universal values. Such values are not identical with "consensus" but can as well be an impetus for ardent social conflict as it has been multiple times through history. Parsons never claimed that universal values, in and by themselves, "satisfied" the functional prerequisites of a society. Indeed, the constitution of society is a much more complicated codification of emerging historical factors. Theorists such as Ralf Dahrendorf alternately note the tendency toward an enlarged middle-class in modern Western societies due to the necessity of an educated workforce in technological economies. Various social and political perspectives concerning globalization, such as dependency theory, suggest that these effects are due to change in the status of workers to the third world.
Sociology - the study of human relations and intuitions
Action theory - the theory of social action
Social action - “also known as Weberian social action, refers to an act which takes into the actions and reactions of individuals/agents” - Wikipedia;
“An action is social if the acting individual takes the behavior of others and is thereby oriented in its course.” - Max Weber
Marxism - “a method of socioeconomic analysis that views class relations and social conflict using a ‘materialist interpretation of historical development’ (historical materialism), taking a dialectical view of social transformation” - WIkipedia
Proletariat - a class of wage-earners in an economic society whose only possession of significant material value is their labour-power
Dependency theory - “the notion that resources flow from a periphery of poor and underdeveloped states/individuals to a ‘core’ of wealthy states, enriching the latter while forcing the former to lose expenses
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