SOC 0832 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Erik Olin Wright, Ascribed Status, Achieved Status
24 Jun 2018
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○Ascribed status:social position that is assigned to a person involuntarily (at birth
or later in life)
○Achieved status : Social position that a person acquires on the basis of merit
(earned ) or choice
●Social Stratification
○System by which resources (good services) opportunities and rewards are
distributed in a society
■Categories of people are ranked in a social hierarchy with different access
to those resources, opportunities, and rewards
■People's life chances depend on the social category to which they belong
■Changes in the rank of social category are very slow
●Systems of stratification
○Slavery
○Caste Systems ( based on religion, race, ethnicity)
■Ascribe status
■No mobility
■Classes
●Brahmins - priests
●Kshatriyas - warriors or rulers
●Vaisyas - skilled traders, merchants, and minor officials
●Sudras - unskilled workers
●Pariah “harijans” - Outcastes “untouchables” “ children of god”
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Document Summary
Ascribed status:social position that is assigned to a person involuntarily (at birth or later in life) Achieved status : social position that a person acquires on the basis of merit (earned ) or choice. System by which resources (good services) opportunities and rewards are distributed in a society. Categories of people are ranked in a social hierarchy with different access to those resources, opportunities, and rewards. People"s life chances depend on the social category to which they belong. Changes in the rank of social category are very slow. Caste systems ( based on religion, race, ethnicity) Vaisyas - skilled traders, merchants, and minor officials. Pariah harijans - outcastes untouchables children of god . Marx: based on economy (possession of the means of production) Weber: based on economy, prestige and power. Those in between have some autonomy and power (contradictory class locations. What is the middle class in the united states?in.
