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A 3 page research paper/essay that describes four paradigms that categorize current thinking on social stratification and then discusses which the writer/tutor supports and believes most useful. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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the health of society, as this ensures that the most qualified and talented people fill crucial roles and that society is held together via consensus regarding its principal values and
norms. The second concept in this typology is the uncritical-order paradigm, which combines the value assumptions, such as basic distrust of human nature and support for the idea that inequities
are necessary to meet some of societys basic needs (Kerbo, 2009). The third concept described by Kerbo is the critical-conflict paradigm and the fourth is the uncritical-conflict paradigm. Both
of these paradigms follow the idea that societies are maintained by conflict between classes of people, in which one group has the power to enforce rules that keep others subordinate
(Kerbo, 2009). Conflict theory also includes the idea that the diverse interests of competing groups compel them towards cooperation. The uncritical-conflict paradigm shares with its uncritical-order counterpart the idea that
human nature is not to be trusted, which includes the assumption that inequality is inevitable (Kerbo, 2009). While the student researching this topic is encouraged to offer personal perspectives and
opinions when writing the students own essay, this writer/tutor believes that both the conflict and order view of social stratification describe significant aspects of reality, as a degree of inequality
is inevitable as long as some roles are valued more than others. As Davis and Moore point out, social inequality can be viewed as a device that evolved to insure
that the "most important positions are conscientiously filled by the most qualified persons" (Davis and Moore, 2007, p. 15). However, while this indicates that a degree of inequality is inevitable,
it does not dictate the degree of this factor or the role of social factors, such as gender, in determining the nature of social stratification. However, that being said,
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