Social stratification divides society into hierarchical groups based on factors like wealth, occupation, and education. The bourgeoisie own businesses and capital, while the proletariat work for the bourgeoisie's businesses. Education levels also differ between classes, with the bourgeoisie typically receiving more schooling.
2. What is Social Stratification?
• The system in which groups of people are
divided into layers according to their property,
prestige, and power.
• Every society stratifies its members and is
universal.
3. Bourgeoisie and Proletariat
• The bourgeoisie are the capitalists, those who
own the means of production.
• The proletariat are the workers, those who
work for the owners of the businesses.