Stratification Flashcards
Condition in which no differences in wealth, power, prestige, or status based on nonnatural conventions exist
Social equality
Two-directional relationship following a pattern in which an original statement or thesis is countered with an antithesis leading to a conclusion that united the strengths of the original position and the counterarguments
Dialectic
Sees the emergence of private property, the idea that a person has the right to own something, as the primary source of social ills
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Argues that human populations grow geometrically while our ability to produce food increases arithmetically; theory suggests that a rising number of people on planet will eventually use up all the available resources and bring about mass starvation and conflict
Thomas Malthus
Viewed history in terms of a mater-slave dialectic
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Idea that everyone has an equal chance to achieve wealth, social prestige, and power because the rules of the game are the same for everyone
Equality of opportunity
Society of commerce in which the maximization of profit is the primary business incentive
Bourgeois society
Idea that everyone should have an equal starting point
Equality of condition
Idea that each player must end up with the same amount regardless of the fairness of the game
Equality of outcome
Notion that when more than one person is responsible got getting something done, the incentive is for each individual to shirk responsibility and hope others will pull the extra weight
Free rider problem
Politically based system of stratification characterized by limited social mobility
Estate system
Religion-based system of stratification characterized by no social mobility
Caste system
Economically based hierarchical system characterized by cohesive, oppositional groups and somewhat loose social mobility
Class system
Working class
Proletariat
Capitalist class
Bourgeoisie
