big importance to two men in the year 1945. These two men’s names were Kingsley Davis and Wilbert E. Moore. Davis and Moore were two men who claimed that individualistic work ethic was based on merit‚ the deserving of rewards. They thought that people who were higher up in the hierarchy of job importance had the most difficult jobs and in turn were the most needed and because of this were paid the best. Davis and Moore called this idea the structuralist-functionalist theory. It was an explanation
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stratification brings to individuals in society is still clearly evident in modern society‚ which is the viewpoint of conflict theorists such as the Marxists and the Feminists‚ however the sociological debate also means that consensus theorists such as Davis and Moore would have society believe that social stratification is in fact needed and indeed justified. Social Stratification lives at the core of society and discipline of Sociology. (Macionis and Plummer‚ Chapter 8‚ pg182) According to Macionis and
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they do. Marxist however argue that meritocracy is a myth because education only rewards the middle class and fails the working class and the working class don’t get rewarded for the work they do. The last two functionalist sociologist are Davis and Moore they say education sifts and sorts pupils according to their ability‚ this is formally known as role allocation. The
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functionalism‚ next is social conflict‚ and lastly there is symbolic interaction. (Plummer) Structural functionalists claim that social variation plays a dynamic role in the operation of a society. The Davis-Moore thesis states that social stratification has useful penalties for the operation of society. Davis and Moore argue that the most tasking jobs in any society are the ones necessary and require the
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stage dramas to bring issues‚ such as the one mentioned above‚ and ideas about these issues to life through dramatic performances and the use of a number of various techniques. No Sugar‚ a revisionist text written by Jack Davis in 1985‚ is one of these stage dramas. Jack Davis brings issues and even expresses his own ideas about issues such as the injustices of Aboriginal treatment during the 1930’s‚ to life in No Sugar very well because No Sugar is a revisionist text‚ and therefore offers a new
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Sociology gives us an in depth insight into social stratification and how it effects our lives. We as individuals are social beings who are ranked in categories within the hierarchy of society‚ but within our society we have the means to progress up the hierarchy and become part of the elite. Social inequalities are functional for the elite as they are the ones with the power and control over us as we are socially controlled. Social stratification affects the way we think about life. If were born
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Davis’ presentation of the social‚ realist‚ drama "No Sugar" can be considered as a forum to highlight the impacts of the European social and political philosophy of the early 20th century on Aboriginal society. It is a political text that exposes social issues. It expresses these issues using the form of drama and the use of staging conventions to challenge the audience into developing an opinion on the topics. The play was staged on a perambulant model‚ meaning that the action of the play shifts
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Multiple Choice STRATIFICATION – Module 3 1. Which Caribbean researcher asserts that the ascriptive particularistic value system that laid the basis for the social structure in the pre-1953 period in Trinidad and Tobago has given way to an open class system based upon meritocracy? (a) M.G Smith (b) Lloyd Braithwaite (c) Selwyn Ryan (d) Miller 2. Which of the following systems of stratification permit the least amount of mobility? (a) Slavery (b) Colonialism
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& Schuster. Chaplin‚ C. (1941) The Great Dictator [film]‚ New York City: United Artists. Coser‚ L. and Rosenberg‚ B. (1969) Sociological Theory‚ New York: Macmillan. Davis‚ K.‚ Moore‚ W.E. (1945) ‘Some Principles of Stratification’‚ American Sociological Review‚ 10(2)‚ available: http://www.brynmawr.edu/socialwork/GSSW/schram/davis&moore.pdf [accessed Nov 20 2012] Livesey‚ C. (n.d) Sociology Central [online] available at: http://www.sociology.org.uk/siweber.pdf [accessed 19 Nov 2012] Saunders
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written by Jack Davis‚ an Aboriginal Western Australian who grew up in Yarloop and the Moore River Settlement. No Sugar is told from the point of view of an Aboriginal family who are coerced into living at an Aboriginal reserve because the white people in their community didn’t like them living close to them. The authority at the settlement are very abusive creating conflict between the Millimurra family and the authorities. The main focus during this play is racism‚ which Davis has outlined as an
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