Flashcards
Different Stratification Models
Cards in this deck (11)
- 1Social StratificationRefers to the ranking of people in a society based on certain criteria, i.e. ascription and achievement.
- 2PigmentocracySkin colour can be viewed sociologically as well as biologically. It will determine one's social rank and position, and when it determines one's status in a hierarchy it is labeled pigmentocracy.
- 3The Estate System/Feudal System
- 4Where was the estate system founded?In Europe.
- 5What did the first estate consist of?The monarchy and the aristocracy.
- 6Second Estate?Bishops, clergymen, abbots, etc.
- 7Third system?Serfs, plebeians, peasants.
- 8What was the system based on?Based on ascription, related to birthright and social honour.
- 9The Slave System
- 10What was the slave system based on?The slave system was a stratified system based on ascription and colour and pigment (a pigmentocracy).
- 11What were the characteristics of slavery?Slavery was based on an economic criteria such as wealth through the ownership of land and forced labour.
There was a hierarchy that clearly separated the different groups.
Members of the system did not have equal rights.
Slaves were regarded as property of their master.
Marriages and intermixing was not allowed among the slaves unless the master sanctioned it.
Race and skin colour determined a person’s social position.
* The slave system is commonly called the plantation system since the society was based on the plantation economy, which consisted of the key elements of family, education, religion and the justice system.