thiness." (de Swaan.p.40) "Inequality is not always injustice; on the contrary all societies endorse some dimensions of inequality as fair while condemning others as wrong. Justifications for social stratification then, from place to place." (1998, Macionis and Plummer, 249)The inequalities of power are based on shared values. Power is legitimate authority in that members of society as a whole generally accept it as just and proper. It is accepted as such because those in position of authority use their power to pursue collective goals, which derive from society's central values. Thus the power of the American business executive is seen as legitimate authority because all members of society use it. This use of power therefore serves the interests of a society as a whole.Social inequalities developed as a result of change in property ownership. Sociologists argue that the introduction of herding and agriculture laid the foundations for gender inequalities. "Property entails the actual power to dispose of goods, including land and livestock."(2001,de Swaan, 40) When first looked at, property appears to be a 'relationship of power over things,' but property does in fact relate to people; basically those who do not have goods at their disposal. Property means having both goods at ones disposal and excluding others from disposing them. Sociologically speaking, this is known as the exclusive power of disposal. Most people decide to use their property to make others dependent on them. "Thus property is a power resource and a property relationship is a special type of power relationship." (2001,de Swaan, 40) "In nomadic societies- compromising itinerant hunter- gatherers, who feed off the animals and plants they encounter on their travels- no crops are sown, and the land is not cultivated." (2001,de Swaan,.41)Tools that we use today were virtually non-existent, 'dwellings are abandoned as the company moves on,'...
