What is social stratification?

The way society is divided into layers ranked one above another

What is the basis of the modern class system in Britain?

A person's economic position, especially occupation, income and wealth

A person's chances of getting the good things in life, such as health, education and housing

Wealth is what a person owns; income is the money a person receives over time

Being poor compared with the normal standard of living in society

Power can rest on force; authority is power people accept as legitimate

Legal rational authority, based on rules and official positions

The movement of people up or down between the classes of society

Comparing a person's class with that of their parents

Prejudice is an unfair attitude; discrimination is unfair treatment in practice

As general patterns that sociologists study, not facts about individuals

By making it unlawful to discriminate on grounds such as sex, race, age and disability

15questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

What is social stratification?
Which stratification system fixes a person's position at birth with no movement?
What is the basis of the modern class system in Britain?
What does 'life chances' mean?
What is the difference between wealth and income?
What is 'relative poverty'?
What is the difference between power and authority?
Which type of authority is based on long-standing custom, such as a monarch?
Which type of authority does modern Britain run on mainly?
What is social mobility?
Which factor can help upward social mobility?
What is 'intergenerational' mobility?
What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
How should forms of inequality such as gender and ethnicity be treated?
How does equality law try to reduce inequality?