LG 9 Flashcards
describes the way in which different groups of people are places within society
Stratification
refers to society’s categorization of its people
Social stratification
Status is achieved through merit and effort
open system
status is ascribed
closed system
concerned with the unequal distribution of political power, reward, and inequalities in access to political office
political stratification
the two major social group according to karl marx
Subject class
ruling class
four main epochs the western deveolped
A. primitive communism - classless society
B. Ancient Society - master and slave
C. Feudal society - lord and serfs
D. capitalist society - capitalist wage laborers
two approach in studying stratification
- conflict theory
- functionalist theory
Measures the value of all the assets of worth owned by a person
Wealth
Two kinds of property
- Consumption property
- Productive Property
The ability to influence the behaviour of others with or without resistance
Power
This power determines who will receive important resources and how it will be used
Economic power
Influencing people the ideas they follow and perspective
Cultural power
a special advantage or benefit that not everyone enjoys
Prestige
types of power
- economic power
- political power
- cultural power
4 systems of stratification
- slavery
- estate system (feudalism)
- caste system
- class system
the existence of UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES and rewards for different social positions
Social inequality
A minority and majority group blended or mixed together to form a new group
Amalgamation
members of minority group adopt the culture of majority group
Assimilation
Keeping a distinct social group physically and socially separate
Segregation
systematic killing of a group of people
Genocide
Comprises all our knowledge, abilities, talents, skills…..
Human capital
the resources available to people and entities because of their network
Social capital
Refers to degree of accumulated prestige, celebrity, or honor
Symbolic capital
