SOCL 3601 : Socl Test3
Document Summary
With a surplus- needed to have more than an consume (result or iron) Elementary communism- before surplus everything was shared equally; no concept of private property. Stratification- inequality within a large group of people; is universal . Social difference- variation of people based on social characteristics: class gender, race, age. Social stratification- the ranking of people according to their wealth, prestige, or party position. No society without inequality is universal, no communist countries succeed. Inequality- the differences between group or individuals in wealth, status, or power. Open system- a system of stratification in which it is possible to move up to a higher or lower position, closed system- minimal class movement. Caste system- psitions assigned at birth and fixed for life. Lenski- hunting and gathering, hortcul, agrarian(cultivation), industrialized, and post industrialization. Origins of family, private property, and states by ingles. Division of labor- changed b/c with industrial revolution everyone can be a worker, people specialized in things.
