Social Inequality

Question 1

Wk 1

Discuss the manisfestation of social inequality in pre-capitalist Society

Answer 1

• explain what social inequality is and how it can manifest
• include the ways social inqequalities were shaped by the; modes of production, kinship structures, and the environmnet
• explain how inequality mainfest in the three discussed societies and add examples of societies; Hunting and gathering - gender roles, Horticultural Societies - property ownership - surplus production, Agrarian Societies - land, fedual system, class system.
• discuss in brief the factors contributing to social inequality in pre-capitalist societies; Control over Resources, Division of Labour, Technological Development, Ideological systems

Question 2

Discuss the manifestation of Social Stratification under advanced Capitalism

Answer 2

• Define what social Stratification is
• Define what advanced capitalism is and give examples of country that practice it (at least two)
• emphasize the relationship betweeen the mode of production and factors of production to Social Straticication
• Talk about how Stratification manifest in Class / Status, Race and Gender