CAS SO 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Stratification, Sub-Saharan Africa, Cross-Dressing
21 Aug 2016
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), slavery did not come to be associated with racial differences until well after slaves began to be used in farming before then white indentured servants were used to harvest tobacco. 1. stratification is a characteristic of the society not a reflection of the individuals that compose it. 4. stratification persists because of beliefs that are held by many members of the society. Social class: the stratification of individuals in a society based on wealth, property, and prestige, relative/exploitative measure according to marx, absolute measure based on property" according to. Weber one does not win at the cost of the other=popular sociological view. Socioeconomic status: often used interchangeably with social class, makes distinction between wealth and income (class usually calculates wealth just based on income not assets), always includes education unlike class, more attention to prestige, also called ses. Intersectionality: inequality is affected by many factors working together such as gender, race, class, etc.
