Mcelroy AP World History September 19‚ 2014 Caste System in India from 1000BCE- 500CE When the Aryan’s migrated to the Harrapan society bringing important and useful resources such as horses‚ chariots‚ iron‚ and the Sanskrit language they begin to slowly overpower the Dravidians currently settled there. Since the Aryan’s were the more people they decided they needed a system to help keep social classes in their rightful order. So they created the caste system. Although the development of the 1800 subcastes
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Introduction India’s Caste System‚ a system of social stratification‚ began with the idea of keeping peace and order throughout India. Though as time passed‚ it has created a pernicious effect that restricted the growth and potentiality of a person. As such‚ the caste system is a barrier (ie. a glass ceiling) to the development of a person in a social‚ economic‚ and political manner that will continue to burden the country in the future. As time passes and nothing has significantly improved‚ the
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Social stratification is the separation of huge numbers of people into strata according to their relative power‚ property‚ and prestige. It affects to both nations and to people within a nation‚ society‚ or other group. Although they may argue as to which structure of social stratification they employ‚ all societies stratify their members. Bovee‚ Thill‚ and Tumin talk about social stratification in some way in their papers‚ which will be addressed below. Melvin Tumin recognized three problems with
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A functionalist view of stratification views stratification as necessary for a society to function efficiently which enables it to reach its full potential economically and socially. Functionalists view society as a set of interconnected parts which work together to form a whole. (Haralambos et al 1996) Institutions are part of the social system they are a prime contributor to the maintenance of a society. The functionalist view has been criticised‚ this essay seeks to explore some of these criticisms
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Stratification is when individuals within a society are categorized into different groups based on certain factors. These factors could include wealth‚ social class‚ gender‚ politics and religion. The individuals in society who are lucky to have good income and resources represent the top of the social stratification whereas the individuals who have few resources represent the bottom of the social stratification. From the functionalist perspective of social stratification‚ social inequality is
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1.5 YOUR OWN IDEAS A. Select just one of the opening lines .use the words to begin your own desert island story. I found myself lying on a sandy‚ palm- fringed beach. It was clear that‚ I was the only survivor of my flight squad. The German anti- aircraft missiles had shot us down. I looked around for any survivors‚ but none were there to be seen. I was alone in the island surrounded by water on all sides. I was devastated because there was no one who could help me. I thought‚ I had lost my mind
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this kind of thinking‚ a product of "social stratification theory‚" is ingrained upon our minds. As a society‚ we accept it as a fact that we live in a multi-tiered "class" system‚ and that this is the way it should be because it is central to our nature as human beings. As a society we should ask ourselves why we think this way‚ and whether there is another possible way of explaining our current situation. In contrast to this social stratification theory‚ we can examine the class theory of Karl
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Caste Discriminations in India India is an extreme diverse country with vast differences in geography‚ climate‚ cultures‚ languages and ethnicity across its expanse. India is a union of twenty-eight states and seven union territories. India is also well known from its caste system. In order for me to fully understand the concept of the word caste‚ in my Webster dictionary it states that caste is a social group or class distinction. The word caste derives from the Portuguese casta‚ meaning breed
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that social stratification is functional and it is necessary for maintaining society’s stability Functionalists see inequality as good because it’s "incentive" or "motivation" for people to succeed. Functionalists believed that inequality can be mitigated by the prevalence of social mobility (one can change its class to another) Davis and Moore: systems of stratification exist to ensure that the most appropriate people are selected for these roles. Moreover‚ because stratification is functional
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RACE AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION The census bureau uses two basic criteria to determine if an individual or a family can be considered in poverty. The first step is to assess the income. There can be different forms of income in addition to that which one would earn from a normal job. There are‚ for instance‚ social security‚ supplemental security income‚ public assistance ‚veterans payments‚ pension‚ retirement income‚ interest dividends‚ royalties ‚alimony‚ and child support. These are all
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