SOC100H5 Midterm: Midterm #2 Review notes and key terms for chapters 10 - 21
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Social stratification is a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy. Social stratification is a trait of society, not simply a reflection of individual differences. Social stratification carries over from generation to generation. (social mobility- a change in position within the social hierarchy) Social stratification is universal but variable: what is unequal, and how unequal it is, varies from one society to another. Social stratification involves not just inequality, but beliefs as well. Closed systems- allow for little change in social position. The caste system is closed (common of agrarian societies), while the class system is more open (common in modern industrial and post-industrial societies). The caste system is social stratification based on ascription, or birth. From birth, a caste system determines the direction of a person"s life. In india the caste system works like this:
