Ch.7 Global Stratification Flashcards

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Stratification

A

refers to layers

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2
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Is social stratification systematic?

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yes it is embedded in societies

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3
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slavery

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people are owned and treated like property

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4
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Ideology

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belief system that justifies social arrangements that would be questioned

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5
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How was slavery perpetuated?

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through inheritance

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6
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What is south africa’s classification system?

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  • europeans
  • africans
  • asians
  • coloureds
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Caste

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social order in which one is born into a social class and may not leave it

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8
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What are examples of a caste?

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  • india

- south africa

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9
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Estate

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clergy, nobility, serfs

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10
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Nobility

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landowners that collected taxes and served the king

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Clergy

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powerful because kings crown depended on it

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12
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Serfs

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when land was sold serfs would go with them

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13
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Global superclass

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gap between rich and poor is ASTRONOMICAL

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14
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Karl Marx

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the means of production

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15
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Max Weber

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property, power, and prestige

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16
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What was Marx’s perspective?

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  • ownership of production + control of the labor power of other a
  • bourgeoisie and proletariat
    c
17
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Class Consciousness

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understands the relationship between the social standing of their group relative to the economic order and social system

18
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False Class Consciousness

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sees only their individual relationship to economic and social order

19
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When does social change occur according to Marx?

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class consciousness

20
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What was Weber’s ideas?

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  • property, prestige, and power
21
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Property

A

things that you own

22
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Prestige

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respect given to you by others

23
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Power

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ability of individual or group to achieve their goals regardless of opposition from others

24
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What is the functionalist view?

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  • motivating qualified people
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What are Davis and Moores ideas?
- fill positions - some positions are more important than others - motivate people with greater rewards
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Why would Marx disagree with Davis and Moore?
those in power can maintain position
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What was Turmin's critique of Davis and Moore's theory?
- many different jobs are important for society - we dont have a meritocracy - all of society is no benefiting from social stratification
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What is conflict theory?
power stratification is inevitable
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What is Mosaca's argument pertaining to what power needs to exist?
- leaders - leader distributing power - people are self-centered and will reward themselves
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How do people stay in power?
- controlling people's ideas - controlling information - stifling criticism - big brother technology
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What are 3 ways of classifying countries?
- most industrialized nations - industrialized nations - least industrialized nations
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Colonialism
colonizing powers take over other countries for their own gain
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Neo-colonialism
power through economic markets
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World System Theory
- core - semi-periphery - periphery - external area
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How is poverty passed?
from one generation to the next