ANT 176 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Social Stratification, Ascribed Status, Achieved Status
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People who have been uprooted from their native lands and forced to cross national borders. The deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural (ethnic) group. Small scale societies designated as bands, tribes, or chiefdoms that occupied their land prior to european contact. A social hierarchy resulting from the relatively permanent unequal distribution of goods and services in a society. The anthropological theory that specific cultural institutions function to support the structure of a society or serve the needs of its people. A perspective on social stratification that focuses on economic inequality as a source of conflict and change. The ability to compel other individuals to do things that they would not choose to do of their own accord. The accumulation of material resources or access to the means of producing these resources. A social position that a person is born into. A social position that a person chooses or achieves on his or her own.