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absolute poverty
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a minimum level of subsistence that no family should be expected to live below
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achieved status
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a social position that a person attains largely through his or her own efforts
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ascribed status
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a social position assigned to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics
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borderlands
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area of common culture along the border between Mexico and the United States.
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bourgeosie
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karl marx's term for the capitalist class, comprising the owners of the means of production
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capitalism
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an economic system in which the means of production are held largely in private hands and the main incentive for econmic activity is the acumulation of profits
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caste
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a hereditary rank, usually religiously dictated that tends to be fixed and immobile
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class
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a group of people that have a similar level of wealth and income
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class consciousness
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in karl marx's view, a subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change
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class system
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a social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility
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closed system
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a social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual social mobility
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colonialism
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the maintenance of a political, social, economic and cultural domienance over a people by a foreign power for an extended period
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corporate welfare
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tax breaks, direct payments, and grants that the government makes to corporations
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dependency theory
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an approach to stratification that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain
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dominant ideology
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a set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social, economic and political interests
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