SOCI201 Study Guide - Final Guide: World Bank High-Income Economy, Sexual Slavery, Slavery

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: Watchendorf Tricia

Document Summary

Shared biologically transmitted physical traits that have taken on social significance. Set apart from others primarily because of shared cultural heritage, national origin, religious background. 4 main systems (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1: slavery: closed system. Debt bondage forced labor, child labor and child servitude, sexual slavery, sale od children, forced marriage, and the sale of wives: caste system: closed system. India, nepal, sri lanka: estate: closed system. Feudalism (no contemporary examples: class: open system. Capitalist societies, many industrialized countries including the us (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) 87% of americans self-identify as middle class. 24. 8% od americans are a part of the working class or below. 48. 5% of americans are part of the middle class. Subjective: ask individuals to define their own class. Reputational: ask individuals to define other social class.