1. Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach 7/e
James M. Henslin
Chapter Nine: Global Stratification
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2. What is Social Stratification?
“A hierarchy of relative privilege based on power, property, and prestige.”
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3. Systems of Social Stratification
Slavery
Causes
Conditions
Slavery in the New World
Slavery Today
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4. Systems of Social Stratification
Caste
India’s Religious Castes
South Africa
U.S. Racial Caste System
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5. Systems of Social Stratification
Other
Estate
Class
Global Stratification and Status of Females
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6. Determinants of Social Class
Karl Marx: The Means of Production
Max Weber: Property, Prestige, and Power
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7. Why is Social Stratification Universal? Functionalist View
Davis and Moore’s Explanation
Society Must Make Sure all Positions are Filled
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8. Why is Social Stratification Universal? Functionalist View
Davis and Moore’s Explanation
Some Positions are More Important than Others
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9. Why is Social Stratification Universal? Functionalist View
Davis and Moore’s Explanation
More Important Positions Filled by More Qualified People
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10. Why is Social Stratification Universal? Functionalist View
Davis and Moore’s Explanation
To Motivate Qualified People, They Must Be Rewarded
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11. Why is Social Stratification Universal? Conflict Perspective
Mosca’s Argument
No Society Can Exist Unless Organized
Leadership Means Inequalities of Power
Human Nature is Self-Centered
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12. Why is Social Stratification Universal? Conflict Perspective
Marx’s Argument
Functionalist Explanation is Ideology of the Elite
Class Consciousness Will Overcome Blinding Ideology
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13. Why is Social Stratification Universal? Conflict Perspective
Current Applications of Conflict Theory
Lenski’s Synthesis
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14. How Do Elites Maintain Stratification?
Ideology vs. Force
Controlling Ideas
Controlling Information and Using Technology
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15. Comparative Social Stratification
Social Stratification in Great Britain
Social Stratification in Former Soviet Union
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16. Global Stratification: Three Worlds
First World—Industrialized Capitalist Nations
Second World—Communist Nations
Third World—Nations that Don’t Fit in First Two
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17. Global Stratification: Three Worlds
Most Industrialized Nations
Industrialized Nations
Least Industrialized Nations
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18. Global Stratification: Three Worlds
Modifying the Model
Most Industrialized Nations
Industrialized Nations
Least Industrialized Nations
Oil-Rich, Nonindustrialized Nations
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19. How Did World’s Nations Become Stratified?
Colonialism
World System Theory
Culture of Poverty
Evaluating the Theories
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20. Maintaining Global Stratification
Neocolonialism
Multinational Corporations
Technology and Global Domination
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