ANTH 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Class Conflict, Social Inequality, Gang
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A form of economic groups in which surpluses are shared among the members. Agricultural & credit cooperatives the most common forms worldwide. Varieties & numbers have proliferated in recent years. Status refers to a person"s position in society. Each status comes with a script for how to behave, look, dress, etc. There is some overlap between the 2: age, race, gender, etc. A person"s or group position in society defined in economic terms, as achieved by. Examples of class based groups: labor, unions, clubs. The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. Class differences, exploitation of workers, class consciousness & class conflict are forces of change (ideology, false consciousness, alienation, class consciousness ->revolution) The process will eventually lead to the downfall of capitalism. They relegate groups of people from pre-defined levels of entitlement. Those with greater entitlement dominate those with lesser entitlement. Members of dominant groups typically seek to maintain their position of.