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Chapter 6 Mirror For Humanity

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achieved status
based on choices, actions, efforts, or circumstances that may be positive or negative
ascribed status
people have little to no choice about occupying it
authority
the formal, socially approved use of power
big man
South Pacific, usually male, leader, like a village head but with power over multiple villages
chiefdom
a form of sociopolitical organization intermediate between the tribe and the state. Kin-based.
conflict resolution
settling disputes
differential access
some people have more wealth, prestige, and power than others
hegemony
stratified social order in which subordinates comply with domination by internalizing their rulers' values and accepting the "naturalness" of domination
law
within state societies- having a legal code with trial and enforcement, social control and dispute settlement
norms
cultural standards or guidelines that enable individuals to distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate behavior in a given society
office
permanent position, which must be refilled when it is vacated by death or retirement
pantribal sodality
groups that extend across a whole tribe, spanning several villages
power
ability to exercise one's will over others
prestige
the basis of social status, refers to esteem, respect, or approval for acts, deeds, or qualities considered exemplary
social control
fields of the social system (beliefs, practices, and institutions) that are most actively involved in the maintenance of any norms and the regulation of any conlict
sociopolitical typology
labels like "band" "tribe" "chiefdom" "state
state
form of sociopolitical organization based on a formal government structure and socioeconomic stratification
status
all positions that people occupy in society, such as parent, spouse, teacher, student, big man, village head, etc.
tribe
have no formal government, have economies based on horticulture and pastoralism
village head
Yanomami male authority figure who leads solely by example.
wealth
economic status: all of a person's material assets, including income, land, and other types of property
Subordinate
(lower, underprivileged)
Superordinate
(higher, or elite) stratum had privileged access to valued resources.
Chiefdom
a form of sociopolitical organization intermediate between the tribe and the state
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