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Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon “A hierarchy of relative privilege based on power, property, and prestige.” What is Social Stratification?

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Causes  Conditions  Slavery in the New World  Slavery Today Systems of Social Stratification - Slavery

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  India’s Religious Castes  South Africa  U.S. Racial Caste System Systems of Social Stratification - Caste

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Estate  Class  Global Stratification and Status of Females Systems of Social Stratification - Other

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Karl Marx: The Means of Production  Max Weber: Property, Prestige, and Power Determinants of Social Class

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Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon Davis and Moore’s Explanation  Society Must Make Sure all Positions are Filled  Some Positions are More Important than Others Why is Social Stratification Universal? Functionalist View

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  To Motivate Qualified People, They Must Be Rewarded Why is Social Stratification Universal? Functionalist View Davis and Moore’s Explanation  More Important Positions Filled by More Qualified People

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon Tumin’s Critique of Davis and Moore  How do We Know Positions Most Important?  Stratification Should = Meritocracy  It Ought to Benefit Everyone Why is Social Stratification Universal? Functionalist View

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon Mosca’s Argument  No Society Can Exist Unless Organized  Leadership Means Inequalities of Power  Human Nature is Self-Centered Why is Social Stratification Universal? Conflict Perspective

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon Marx’s Argument  Functionalist Explanation is Ideology of the Elite  Class Consciousness Will Overcome Blinding Ideology Why is Social Stratification Universal? Conflict Perspective

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Current Applications of Conflict Theory  Lenski’s Synthesis Why is Social Stratification Universal? Conflict Perspective

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon Ideology vs. Force  Controlling Ideas  Controlling Information and Using Technology How Do Elites Maintain Stratification?

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Social Stratification in Great Britain  Social Stratification in Former Soviet Union Comparative Social Stratification

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  First World—Industrialized Capitalist Nations  Second World—Communist Nations  Third World—Nations that Don’t Fit in First Two Global Stratification: Three Worlds (Old Model)

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Most Industrialized Nations  Industrialized Nations  Least Industrialized Nations Global Stratification: Three Worlds

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Most Industrialized Nations  Industrialized Nations  Least Industrialized Nations  Oil-Rich, Nonindustrialized Nations Global Stratification: Three Worlds Modifying the Model Global Stratification: Three Worlds Modifying the Model

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Colonialism  World System Theory  Culture of Poverty  Evaluating the Theories How Did World’s Nations Become Stratified?

Chapter 9: Global Stratification Copyright © Allyn & Bacon  Neocolonialism  Multinational Corporations  Technology and Global Domination Maintaining Global Stratification