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| A society in which no individual or group has more privleged access to resources, power or prestige than any other. |
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| A society characterized by institutionalized differences in prestige but no important restrictions on access to basic resources |
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| a society characterized by fornal. permanent social and economic inequality in which some people are denied accss to basic resources |
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| A social position that a person is born into |
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| A social psoition that a person chooses or achieves on his or her own |
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| The shared beliefs and values that legitimize the distribution and use of power in a perticular society |
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| Informal systems of alliance within well-defined political units such as lineages or villages. |
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