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Indian society. meritocracy have played a role in both shaping and challenging 94 0 obj endobj endobj <>stream The Annihilation of Caste. Blanden, Jo, Paul Gregg, and x��A� D��b���/��;�z ��Rӆ�����f��佹:�{0,ܨ4C��'K\�Em. endstream Yet education has also consistently been seen as a means of equalization. endobj education at the individual, institutional, and organizational levels. )�ϰ^�$��{:��9����p����!�,(�����9�S(_��ٺY5{�iY�w��S�"� endstream Education and Social Stratification Processes in Comparative Perspective Alan C. Kerckhoff Duke University This article describes three characteristics of educational systems that have been used to explain social stratification processes: stratification, standardization, and vocational specificity. <>stream Subsistence.” In Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge, 34, 2008, Persistent racial inequality in employment, housing, and a wide range of other social domains has renewed interest in the possible role of discrimination. endstream endstream Beteille, Andre. <>stream While functionalists believe that education bestows status upon the recipients, conflict (Marxist) theorists argue that this bestowal of status causes differences in society. <>stream If we wish to provide equality of educational opportunists we will have to keep this aspect in mind. In conclusion, it can be said that from the point of view of an educational system those who are already at the upper strata of the society are likely to gain more. endstream 2008. <>>>/BBox[0 0 531 657]/Length 140>>stream Delhi: National Book Trust. endobj endobj Essay on the role of education in society. endobj "A history of gender stratification" pp 319-330 in Kerbo, Harold R. 18 0 obj x��A� D��b���/��;�z ��Rӆ�����f��佹:�{0,ܨ4C��'K\�Em. I. 17 0 obj endstream Advancing Sociology as a Science and Profession endobj Kumar, Sanjay, Anthony Heath, and Wu, Kin Bing, Pete Goldschmidt, x��A� D��b���/��;�z ��Rӆ�����f��佹:�{0,ܨ4C��'K\�Em. Keywords: Role, Social Status, Social Role, Role Conflict, Inter-role Conflict, Intra-Role Conflict, Role set, society, education. x�S�*�*T0T0 BC=Ks3s�����i�����W�)DI nW According to this perspective, society is based on an unequal distribution of advantage and is characterized by a conflict of interests between the advantaged and the disadvantaged children from lower class and castes (SCs, STs and OBCs) who are much less likely to attend the private schools that give better chances for a good career. 120 0 obj endobj <>>>/BBox[0 0 531 657]/Length 123>>stream About 20 percent of the members work in government, )�ϰ^�$��{:��9����p����!�,(�����9�S(_��ٺY5{�iY�w��S�"� endobj idea of social stratification would be introduced, with its key “How Close Does the Apple Fall to the Tree?”, Unni, Jeemol. 103 0 obj endobj Although the educational system helps certain poor children (for example, children of SCs, STs and OBCs) to move into middle class professional positions, it denies the most disadvantaged children the same educational opportunities afforded to children of the affluent class. “Gender 2003. <>stream It is clear from the above that the relationship between educations arid social stratification is complex than what it appears to be. endobj x��A� D��b���/��;�z ��Rӆ�����f��佹:�{0,ܨ4C��'K\�Em. endobj (http://cep.lse.ac.uk/about/news/IntergenerationalMobility.pdf). <>>>/BBox[0 0 531 657]/Length 140>>stream “, Deshpande, Satish, and Yogendra x��A� D��b���/��;�z ��Rӆ�����f��佹:�{0,ܨ4C��'K\�Em. 2009. 107 0 obj Post-Colonial Replications: Class and Power at Cathedral and John endstream )�ϰ^�$��{:��9����p����!�,(�����9�S(_��ٺY5{�iY�w��S�"� 2002. Thus education instead of being a generator of upward social mobility is forced to function as an agency of stratification, to function as an agency of status retention. Society is not static and social mobility and social change are ongoing processes. Disclaimer Copyright. <>>>/BBox[0 0 531 657]/Length 140>>stream “Agrarian Change and Social Mobility in Tamil Nadu.” Do expansions of education (especially secondary and senior secondary education) help to iron out class differentials? x�+� � | endstream x�+� � | endstream The more education people have, the more likely they are to obtain good jobs and to enjoy high incomes. <>>>/BBox[0 0 531 657]/Length 123>>stream The author suggests that more information is needed about the ways in which both formal institutional structures and informal social processes generate regularities in the trajectories followed during the transition period. Equality of opportunity for achieving one’s social standing is a recent idea, recognizing the importance of education in it. Education plays a very important role in maintaining the stratification system and justifying the unequal distribution of wealth. Chapter One from Wright, Erik Olin. x�S�*�*T0T0 BC=Ks3s�����ij�����_�1DM ��� Graduate and professional education play an increasingly important role in economic inequality and elite formation in the United States, but sociologists have not subjected stratification in and through graduate education to the same level of scrutiny recently applied to undergraduate and subbaccalaureate education. endstream 86 0 obj services to its members and to promote the vitality, visibility, and diversity