ANTH 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Complexity, Social Stratification, Complex Differential Form
19 Apr 2017
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The patterned ways in which power is used in a society. Egalitarian society a society in which no individual or group has more privileged access to resources than any other. A society characterized by institutionalized differences in prestige but no important restrictions on access to basic resources. A society characterized by formal, permanent social and economic inequality in which some people are denied access to basic resources. The ability to compel other individuals to do things that they would not choose to do for their own accord. The ability to cause others to act based on characteristics such as honor, status, knowledge, ability, respect, or the holding of formal public office. The shared beliefs and values that legitimize the distribution and use of power in a particular society. The dominance of a political elite based on a close identification between their own goals and those of the larger society. The ability to direct an enterprise or action.
