Stratification - Lim Ji Hyun (임지현)

Main Topic : Stratification




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  In this week, our class learned about 'Stratification'. 'Stratification' means the division of something, especially society, into different classes or layers. I could know the function of stratification comprises very important part in our society. Also, I had thought 'Stratification' and 'inequality' are only harmful and bad things in our society, but I could realize that "Sometimes, Stratification and inequality are useful, effective, and essential." This fact was remarkable to me. Therefore, our class talked about many questions which are related with 'Stratification'. I will choose two questions and write the answers.

Question 1. Should Korean government do more to reduce poverty and promote equality?

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people work hard in social competition to avoid poverty.

  I think Korean government shouldn't do more to reduce poverty and promote equality. If our society is equality and there are no poverty, there is no competition. Competition can help our society to be active and productive, so competition have to exist in our society. In this respect, too much effort that reduce poverty and promote equality must be avoided to maintain helpful competition. Thererfore, we can mention that  Korean government already do very well to reduce poverty and promote equlity. Because I think there are adequate policy that reduce poverty and promote equality in Korea, also there are adequate competition in Korea.

Question 2. What is the function of stratification?

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  I think the function of stratification is 'maintaining social stability'. The more our society is developed, the more complex our society is. In this situation, stratification can control complexity of our society. For example, the roles of rich are very different from the roles of poor. Therefore, there must be standard that can divide between rich and poor. Stratification can be the standard. Likewise, Stratification can be standards in many part of our society(ex. gender, ethnicity, culture, etc...) except economy. As a result, the function of stratification is very important in our society, and it is valuable and absolute necessity.