SOC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Influenza-Like Illness, Dependency Theory, Measles

• School: St. John's University
• Department: SOC - SOCIOLOGY
• Course: SOC 1001
• Professor: Robert Mangione

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6/17/17 8:01 pm: two ways stratification happens, people can be assigned to societal roles. This will produce the caste and estate systems of stratification: people"s positions in the social hierarchy can be based to some degree on their achieved statuses. The caste system: a rigid form of stratification, based on ascribed characteristics such as skin color or family identity, that determines a person"s prestige, occupation, residence, and social relationships. The estate system: a closed system o stratification in which a person"s social position is defined by law, and memberships is determined primarily by inheritance, a segment of a society that has legally established rights and duties. Is similar to a caste system, but not as extreme. The class system: social class consists of a category of people who share similar opportunities, similar economic and vocational positions, similar lifestyles and similar attitudes and behaviors, ex: upper class, middle class, lower class, etc. ". Theories of global stratification: modernization theory, dependency theory.