SOC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Ascribed Status, Under Armour, Status Attainment
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Social stratification: hierarchical arrangement in society[ by which groups have differnet access to resources, power, and perceived social worth. Estate system: the ownership of property and the ecercise of power are monopolized by an elite class who have total control over societal resources. Nobles-controlled land and resources used to cultivate the land, as well as resources. Caste system: stratification system, ascribed status, formal law and cultural practices. Class system: stratification exists, but a persons placement in class can change off personal achievements. Social class: economic, social, political, and cultural resources of society. Class determines the access different people have to these resources. Life chances: opportunities that people have in common by virture of belonging to a particular class. Possessing goods, having an income, and having access to particular jobs. Conspicuous consumption: how we go out of our ways to impress wearing clothes that don"t make sense to define social class kanye west clothing line.
