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Typically, d''ignitas'' is contained within two broad categories: ''birthright status'' and ''achieved status.'' Birthright status contains the rigid social designators that remain fixed throughout an individual's life and are inseparable from the positive or negative stereotypes that are linked with one's birthright status. Achieved status reflects personal skills, abilities, and efforts. It is the category of factors that a person can acquire on the basis of merit; it is a position that is earned or chosen. Many individuals' d''ignitas'' are a mixture of birthright and achieved status; for instance, a person who has achieved the status of being a physician is more likely to have the ascribed status of being born into a wealthy family. | Typically, d''ignitas'' is contained within two broad categories: ''birthright status'' and ''achieved status.'' Birthright status contains the rigid social designators that remain fixed throughout an individual's life and are inseparable from the positive or negative stereotypes that are linked with one's birthright status. Achieved status reflects personal skills, abilities, and efforts. It is the category of factors that a person can acquire on the basis of merit; it is a position that is earned or chosen. Many individuals' d''ignitas'' are a mixture of birthright and achieved status; for instance, a person who has achieved the status of being a physician is more likely to have the ascribed status of being born into a wealthy family. | ||
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Historically, advancing the ''dignitas'' of ones Estate was uncommon and difficult; typically only nobility or Patricians could increase in status. Today, because the classification is based on the ''current'' patriarch, it is entirely possible and common for Estates to rise (or fall) down the classification system over time. In fact, Estates themselves are susceptible to the stratification system in the same way as an individual. | Historically, advancing the ''dignitas'' of ones Estate was uncommon and difficult; typically only nobility or Patricians could increase in status. Today, because the classification is based on the ''current'' patriarch, it is entirely possible and common for Estates to rise (or fall) down the classification system over time. In fact, Estates themselves are susceptible to the stratification system in the same way as an individual. | ||
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Power (''Potestas'') in the context of Caphiria's stratification system is defined as a citizen's "ability to do what they want despite resistance from others". According to Caphirian convention, there are two basic dimensions of power: the ''possession'' of power and the ''exercising'' of power. Unlike status and class, power is the least tangible concept within the stratification system. | Power (''Potestas'') in the context of Caphiria's stratification system is defined as a citizen's "ability to do what they want despite resistance from others". According to Caphirian convention, there are two basic dimensions of power: the ''possession'' of power and the ''exercising'' of power. Unlike status and class, power is the least tangible concept within the stratification system. | ||
Possession of | Possession of power derives from the individual's ability to control various "social resources". These resources can be anything and everything: they might include land, capital, social respect, physical strength, and intellectual knowledge.The ability to exercise power takes a number of different forms, but all involve the idea that it means the ability to get your own way with others, regardless of their ability to resist you. | ||
Possession of power is typically held in three groups: Economic Power, Social Power, and Political Power; The exercising of power is done through six groups: Coercive power, Reward power, Legitimate power, Referent power, Expert power, and Informational power. | Possession of power is typically held in three groups: Economic Power, Social Power, and Political Power; The exercising of power is done through six groups: Coercive power, Reward power, Legitimate power, Referent power, Expert power, and Informational power. | ||