Social Stratifiation-Sung an Cho(조성안)

 This week, in the class 'Invitation to Sociology' we learned about Social Stratification. Social Stratification means 'group of people that can be categorized in society'. So in the view of sociology, this should be discussed in variety of situation.

more about social stratification- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_stratification -Engish
http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%ED%9A%8C_%EA%B3%84%EC%B8%B5-Korean



1.Should Korean government do more to reduce poverty andIn promote equality?
 Korean government should take more action to reduce poverty and inequality. To reduce poverty is necessary but to get rid of poverty and inequality in society is not so good. Because if poverty in relativeness and inequality disappears, then people's effort to be in better situation also will disappear. So there won't be improvement and development in society. Not only about economic development but also many part just like cultural development will be stop.
 So the thing that really needed is social effort to reduce poverty and inequality. Not removing all of these.


2.What is the function of stratification? 
 The function of social stratification can be viewed by two perspectives. Positive one and the negative one.
 In positive perspective, social stratification can make society in order. And also social stratification makes society more improved. Because people in society usually try to be upper class.
 But in negative view, social stratification is tool of controling people in society. People try to be upper class. But Being upper class is hard. And the upper class try to maintain their class. So the upper class use their class to control lower class.