Chapter 9 Flashcards
A form of social stratification in which some people own people
Slavery
The division of large numbers of people into layers according to their relative property, power, and prestige; applies to both nations and people within a nation, society, or other people
Social stratification
The contractual system in which someone sells his or her body (services) for a specified period of time in an arrangement very close to slavery, except that it is entered into voluntarily
Bonded labor (indentured service)
Beliefs about the way things ought to be at justify social arrangements
Ideology
A form of social stratification in which peoples statuses are lifelong conditions determined by birth
Caste system
The practice of marrying within one’s own group
Endogamy
The separation of racial-ethnic groups as was practiced in South Africa
Apartheid
The stratification system of medieval Europe, consisting of three groups of estates; the nobility, clergy, and commoners
Estate stratification system
A form of social stratification based primarily on the possessions of money or material possessions
Class system
Movement up or down the social class ladder
Social mobility
The tools, factories, land, and investment capital used to produce wealth
Means of production
Marxist term for capitalists, those who own the means of production
Bourgeoisie
Marx’s term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production
Proletariat
Marx’s term for awareness of the common identity based on one’s position in the means of production
Class consciousness
Marx’s term to refer to workers identifying with the interests of capitalists
False class consciousness
