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Wealth
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The material objects that have value in a society
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Power
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The capacity to produce intended effects for oneself, other people, social situations or the environment.
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Prestige
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Social honor or respect w/in a society.
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Egalitarian Societies
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Societies that recognize few differences in status, wealth, or power.
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Rank societies
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Societies in which people have unequal access to prestige and status but not unequal access to wealth and power.
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Primogeniture
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The exclusive right of the eldest child (usually the son) to inherit his father's estate.
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Stratified Societies
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Societies characterized by considerable inequality in all forms of social rewards that is power, wealth, and prestige.
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Social Mobility
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The ability of people to change their social position within the society.
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Class
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A ranked group within a stratified society characterized by achieved status and considerable social mobility.
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Caste
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A rigid form of social stratification in which membership is determined by birth and social mobility is nonexistent.
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Achieved Status
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The status an individual acquires during the course of her or his lifetime.
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Ascribed Status
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The status a person has by virtue of birth.
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Soft Money
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A form of political contribution not covered by federal regulation which works to the advantage of wealthy candidates and their benefactors.
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Varnas
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Caste groups in Hindu India that are assocaited with certain occupations.
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Dalit
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The politically correct term for those formerly called Untouchables in India
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