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13 Cards in this Set
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Social Stratification |
p. 224) a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy
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Social Mobility
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p. 225) a change in position within the social hierarchy
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Caste System
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p. 225) social stratification based on ascription, or birth
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Class System
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p. 226) social stratification based on both birth and individual achievement
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Meritocracy
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p. 226) social stratification based on personal merit
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Status Consistency
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p. 226) the degree of uniformity in a person’s social standing across various dimensions of social inequality
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Structural Social Mobility
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p. 230) a shift in the social position of large numbers of people due more to change in society itself than to individual efforts
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Ideology
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p. 231) cultural beliefs that justify particular social arrangements, including patterns of inequality
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Davis-Moore Thesis
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p. 231) the functional analysis claiming that social stratification has beneficial consequences for the operation of society
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Blue-collar Occupations
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p. 234) lower-prestige jobs that involve mostly manual labor |
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White-collar Occupations
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p. 234) higher-prestige jobs that involve mostly mental activity
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Socioeconomic Status
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SES)
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p. 235) a composite ranking based on various dimensions of social inequality
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Conspicuous Consumption
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p. 236) buying and using products because of the “statement” they make about social position |
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