SO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ascribed Status

• School: Quinnipiac University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SO 101
• Professor: Samantha Kusiak

Document Summary

Stratification and social mobility in the united states. Social inequality: describes a condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige, or power. Stratification: a structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society. Castes: hereditary ranks that are usually religiously dictated and that tend to be fixed and immobile. Is an ascribed status and is quite sharply defined. Generally associated with hinduism in india and other countries. Estate system: also called feudalism, required peasants to work land leased to them by nobles in exchange for military protection and other services. Class system: social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility. Capitalism: an economic system in which the means of production are held largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.