Tag Archives: Social Classes

The Influence of Social Class on Education

For my preface, I will touch on the influence of social class on the education of American children. I will examine social class in terms of economic status, level of education completed and occupation determined, and how its influence and the wealth derived from it determine the extent to which a child’s education is followed. […]

Social Class and Its Affects on Sports

Social class plays a vital role in sports. It dictates who can participate in what sports and to what level of participation. The limiting factor associated with social class is money. Money is the means which to obtain the equipment and facilities necessary to partake in the sport, without money, one cannot perform organized sports. […]

Significance of the Industrial Revolution in the Poems, The Chimney Sweeper and Ruined Maid

The Industrial Revolution began in the 18th- early19th centuries and played an important role on the alteration of industry and life in England; a great number of small farms were replaced by cities, goods were being mass produced at a rapid rate, the economy was strengthened, and the social class structure shifted. However, with all […]

Analysis of Plato’s Republic

In Plato’s Republic the philosopher creates an ideal efficient state built on a system that places people into one of three social classes based on their natural inclinations as a young child. Plato divides the people of the ideal state into the three main social classes: guardians, auxiliaries, and craftspeople. Each class has a very […]

Functionalist and Conflict Theorist Views of Social Change

The concept of social change is something that all types of sociological theorists try to grapple with. However, when referring to conflict and functionalist models of social change, one can easily see that not every sociologist can agree with another about the causes and results of social change. Conflict theorists look at social change as […]

Are School Uniforms Helpful or Useless?

School uniforms seem to be a trend in high schools. Why? They are said to bring peace to schools and to bully, popular, and pick on other people’s trends. But should school uniforms really get around that reform? School uniforms are said to be bullying and discourage reading in others. Uniforms, when they are the […]

Defining Social Class Through Occupational Hierarchy

Social class as a method of analyzing fiscal stratification is a relatively recent invention, intruding upon the social fabric in the decades after the Industrial Revolution. Before that social stratification had been based upon class as defined by birthright; either you were a peasant, a lowly merchant, or a member of the nobility. An enduring […]

Social Stratification for the Future

Stratification systems are and have been found in every society. A social stratification system is a hierarchical ordering of people in society differentiated according to their power, privilege, or status. Stratification systems are in a constant state of change. Events taking place in society have the power to change the social systems. In the United […]

Research Methods

Introduction The distinction between sociology and cultural anthropology can occasionally be quite vague. They use similar forms of research, and have similar goals. However, where cultural anthropology seeks to understand specific cultures, sociology seeks to understand human beings as social creatures within and without their culture. Sociology Archival Research or Secondary Analysis Archival research or […]