SOCL 2001 : Exam 3 Cheat Sheet
Document Summary
Stratification: inequality within a large group of people; is universal. Origins of family, private property, & states by ingles. Book about how much somebody owns, determining their status in state creation. ~idea of separate families leading to the idea of private proprietor and therefore inequality. *lenski"s historical view on development of society: hunting and gathering. With a surplus- needed to have more than an consume (result of iron) Elementary communism- before surplus everything was shared equally; no concept of private property. ~starting to cultivate much more with technology like plows, domesticated animals, etc. ~creates surplus- more food or stuff than you can use yourself. ~surplus leads to exploitation and accumulation of workers. ~leads to state creation, one family becomes so big and so many people work for them they make a state: industrialized. ~not everyone can have it, it creates inequality. ~you work for people who have technology and surplus. *class, status, & sources of power by weber.
