SOCL 2001 Chapter : Sociology Chapter 7
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: people who like desk jobs vs. field job, people who prefer to work in team vs. solitary work. Sociologists do not rank people high or low based on differentiation. People are ranked according to the scarce resources they control. Ss: the organization of society in which people are ranked according to their wealth or prestige (pg. Inequality: exists between any of two or more individuals/groups. Ss applies to how a particular society is organized. Ex: how american/european societies are organized/structured, how communist societies were organized in ussr. Living status (neighborhood), school (private or public), work (blue or white collar) Types of society: hunting and gathering, horticultural, agrarian. Live on what they can find to eat. May get special respect (age, wisdom, skill, magical power) but no authority, no power: almost none to little differentiation/stratification. Remain in one location, build shelter, make tools. Occasionally fight wars to protect lands d/of/l occurs, based on specialization: warriors, ceremonial/political leaders.
