SOCI201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Inequality, Class Consciousness, Bourgeoisie
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Ch 8: stratification and social mobility in the us. Social inequality: situation in which members of society have different amts of wealth, prestige, or power. Stratification: structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society. Universal declaration of human rights prohibits slavery in all forms. More people enslaved today than in world history. In 2000, congress passed trafficking victims protection act. Castes: hereditary ranks that are usually religiously dictated and that tend to be fixed and immobile. Estate system (feudalism): peasants worked land leased to them in exchange for military protection. Class standing heavily dependent on family and ascribed factors. Social relations depend on who controls the primary mode of production. Bourgeoisie: capitalist class; owners of the means of production. Class consciousness: subjective awareness of common vested interests and the need for collective political action to bring about change. No single characteristic totally defines a person"s position within the stratification system.