Tag: social stratification

In a democracy, internal social issues are expected to be resolved through domestic dialogue and constitutional processes. Refusing to address these issues or seeking to suppress them is considered undemocratic.

Division of labour means work being done by people depending upon their area of expertise, specialisation, skills and abilities. Division of labour creates economic strata and class system. People from different area of specialisation who work together to generate their source of livelihood and earn income.

Plato, in his work 'The Republic', argued that human society is formed on the basis of natural inequalities and that individuals are suited for different roles, which leads to the division of labor.

Article 17 of the Constitution is the Fundamental Right which abolishes the practice of untouchability and makes it an offence punishable by law. In pursuance of this Article, The Untouchability Offences Act, 1955 renamed as Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1976 was enacted by the parliament which provides for pehal provisions for such practices.

Division of labour is demarcation or separation of tasks or works among different people wo possess specific quality for the task. It reduces unnecessary labour and time and keep society structured. Division of labour increases productivity per worker and focus on generating economic growth with the works separated and people specialised in their task ot becomes more easy and effective to perform the task. In the contemporary world, with the era of Globalisation, division of labour is internationalised, countries are inclined to engage in work in the area they specialise to keep generate their economy and be in the league with rest of the Countries. They develop connection with other countries which specialises on other task or work thus facilitate global interaction.

According to Plato Reason, Spirit and Appetite are the three parts of the human soul. He said true justice is that these three parts should do their rightful business in order to make a human being whole. Secondly, these three parts existing in every individual, should be faithfully reflected in the State which is a collective of human beings as a whole through the formation of the three classes namely, Ruling Class, Military Class and Economic Class by which his Ideal State is formed.

The Indian Parliament enacted the Untouchability Offences Act1955, which was later amended and renamed in 1976 to become the Protection of Civil Rights Act. Under this Act, 'untouchability' as a result of religious and social disabilities was made punishable.

Division of labour is separation or specialisation of jobs, works or tasks performed by people on the basis of their skills and specialisation. Social stratification is social differentiation where society is divided into groups based on their occupation, income, wealth, status etc. Stratified division of labour attract social inequality as some people specialise in particular task are not given proper resources or their share in society. It lead to alienation and accumulation of wealth and drying of income sources.

The division of labour is based on various factors, concerning the kind of labour required for the particular work. There are work that requires physical strength, so in order to efficiently perform the task the labour is divided according to the age and gender. Furthermore, there are variety of work that a skilled person can only perform for e.g., repairing a machine etc., in such a cases the labour is divided according tot he skills of a person regardless of his or her gender.