Social Stratifcation System: Slavery, Caste, And Class

Social stratifcation a system of privileges based on property, power, and prestige. Each member gets society stratifes, and in each society men are in a higher class then women. Inequality is the patttern that differences men from women.
The three major stratifcation systems are slavery, caste, and class. Slavery- The most extreme form of social stratification, based on the legal and illegal ownership of humanbeans.The main characteristic of slavery was white people owning mainly black people. slavery inially was based on race. North American slavery was eveunally out lawed due to racist ideology. Caste- In the caste system status is determined by birth and lifelong status. Social stratification status is determined by ones family history and background which cannot be changed. The best example of the caste system is in India endogmy is a popurla practice, where intermarriage is prohibit.
the class system is much easier to upgrade to then the other systems, it is based primarily on money or material possessions that one can acquired. Industrialization is the formation of the class systems. A class system allows social mobility, to move up or down the class system. The classe system is decided at birth, when the children are ascribed the status of their parents. However, a class system allows socialy on what they achieved or did in life.
Openness is the opportunity for individuals to change their status. Caste stratification systems are closed whereas class stratification systems are more open. The degree of equality is the degree to which the social structure approaches an equal distribution of resources. Hunting and gathering societies are typically very equal with inequality developing in later stages of agriculture and