GLOBAL STRATIFICATION
Social stratification
It is the division of a large number of people into hierarchies according to their relative wealth, power, and prestige, leading to unequal access to resources and opportunities. Applies not only to nations, but also to people within nations, societies, or other groups
Example
Slavery
Slavery is form of social stratification in which some people own other people
Causes
1) Debts
2) Crime
3) War
Examples
This social stratification also led to racism.
Native American slavery
Afro American slavery
Caste System
Bonded Labor
This is a system of contracts in which someone sells their body (service) for a period of time in a contract very similar to slavery, except that it is entered into voluntarily
THERE IS A CHANGE OF IDEOLOGY
This is another form of social stratification, a lifelong condition in which people's status is determined by their birth.
Example
Endogamy
Societies with this form of stratification attempt to ensure that boundaries between castes remain rigid. They practice endogamy, marriage within their own group, prohibiting the marriage of members of different castes.
U.S Racial Caste System
From birth, race marked everyone for life . All white people considered themselves superior to all African Americans, even if they were poor and uneducated.
NEW IDEOLOGY