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social stratification anthro
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- 1stratified societies- societies in which there is a permanent hierarchy that accords some members privileged access to wealth, power, and prestige
- 2categories of inequalitiesclass, caste, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender
- 3social inequality factorsresources, power, prestige
- 4resourceseconomic resources, land, money, access to water, housing, food
- 5powerthe ability to make others do what you want them to do
- 6prestigegiven respect and honour
- members of the society that have a bit more influence and are respected and honoured in some way - 7broad types of societiesegalitarian, rank, class
- 8egalitarian- tend to be foragers and horticulturalists
- status is not transferrable or inherited
- equal access to status population
- prestige is not limited to a certain number of positions - 9rank societies- agriculture and herding societies
- unequal access to prestige or status, but not necessarily to resources
- often head positions are at least partly hereditary - 10classranked groups within a hierarchally stratified society whose membership is defined primarily in terms of wealth, occupation, or other economic criteria
- 11castea ranked group within a hierarchally stratified society that is closed, prohibiting individuals to move from one caste to another
- 12open class systemsome ability to move in between classes
- 13closed systemsmembership is determined at birth
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