Lecture review Tae joon You 유태준

lecture review Tae joon You 유태준

INTRODUCTION



 In this weeks lecture  we focused on stratification. stratification got many meanings but in socialogy, it means division. Dividing society by wealth or social status.we can see  stratification  in every society. Even in nations where they follow communism as a national political belief. This is inevitable in every society. There are good effects and bad effects in stratification. The good thing stratification causes is it makes society efficient. Because they divide people to work different jobs based on their reproductive ability. Labor can be more businesslike. The bad thing that stratification makes is that it  discriminats people.There is a very important thing in discrimination. I think discrimination is justified if they are based on one's effort and ability. Not by one person's gender or region or race or social status(wealth) . For example apatheid or sexism. People must have same opportunity to compete with each other.


What is the function of stratification?

Stratification divides people by some criteria.   Society divides people by ability society  constructs efficient social system which increases production much better.Because people can do what they are really good at.  This makes world better place. Everyone can live a better life.  But it is difficult for society to divide people. There are many unexpectable aspects in social segregation. If it segregates unjustly, the society will corrupt because it causes unequality which most of people can't satisfy. Even There is malfunctioning of stratification, The stratification is really important for society to maintain their efficient conditions in labor.

Should korean government do more to reduce poverty and promote equality?


Of course every nation have to work hard to reduce poverty and promote equality in society. It is hard to say that korean government is not sufficiently working to reduce poverty and to promote equality. Of course , it is better than past decades, but we all know that there are people suffering from poverty and there are people who are discriminated because of their inborn situations. Government have to work endlessly to remove this unjust situations.