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What is social stratification? |
structured inequality between groups |
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What is social inequality based on? |
economics, gender, race, religion, age |
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What are three key aspects of social stratification according to Weber? |
class, status, and power |
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What are three primary characteristics of stratification systems? |
1. systems of inequality are organized around groups with shared characteristics 2. social location is significant in terms of life chances 3. rankings of groups change very slowly |
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Slavery |
ownership of certain people |
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caste |
status for life |
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class |
positions based on economics |
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What type of system dominate in modern society? |
class |
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What do class systems allow for? |
social mobility, opportunities are not evenly distributed across social groups |
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What did Marx predict regarding the proletariat and the borgeoisie? |
the proletariat would overthrow the bourgeoisie, ending the reign of capitalism |
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How was social position determined by Weber? |
based on economics and social status |
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What did Functionalist believe in social stratification? |
understand what role inequality plays in keeping society at equilibrium |
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How does stratification benefit society (functionalist approach?) |
the most important roles could be filled by the most talented and worthy people |
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What is social class composed of? |
wealth, income, education, occupation |
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wealth |
is all assets individuals own |
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there is a greater _____ disparity than _____ disparity |
wealth, income |
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income |
wages and salaries earned from paid occupations |
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how do race and class intersect? |
nonwhites generally have less wealth and education, also face discrimination when buying homes |
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What level of class does the US identify with? |
middle class |
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What does the middle class promote? |
reproduction of inequality |
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Richest americans % |
5 |
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working class % |
20 |
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social mobility |
is the movement of people up or down the stratification system |
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social reproduction |
refers to the process where parents pass down to their children a variety of resources |
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cultural capital |
cultural advantages that come from being from a "good home" |
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absolute poverty |
meaning a person literally cannot feed him- or herself |
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Relative poverty |
a measure relative to a decent standard of living in a given society |
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What is the poverty line based off of? |
income level three times the cost of monthly groceries |
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Why does the feminization of poverty occur? |
divorce, separation, |
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What is the biggest problem when it comes to the financial status of the elderly? |
healthcare |
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blaming the victim |
blaming the victim for bad situation, made series of bad choices, its their fault |
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blaming the system |
clear inequalities and lack of opportunities that lead to this problem |
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ethnicity |
refers to the distinct cultural norms and values of a social group |
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what are some characteristics of ethnic groups? |
shared history, religion, ancestry, destiny, language |
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why has ethnicity become a choice? |
because of interfaith marriage |
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Who cannot opt out of ethnicity? |
non whites |
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race |
refers to an externally imposed system of social categorization and stratification |
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Do true biological races exist? |
NO |
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What must human races be placed on? |
a continuum |
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How is race constructed |
socially |
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what is racialization? |
actual imposition of some racial schema |
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What is racism? |
prejudice or discrimination based on physical differences |
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Where does modern racism go back to? |
European colonization of much of the world. |
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What did the ideologies of racial superiority lead to? |
paternalistic form of racism, linked to developing scientific racism. |
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what have assimilation and segregation lead to? |
ethnic conflict |
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How has migration DIVERSIFIED? |
countries now receive immigrants from more countries than used to be the case |
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Who now make up a larger portion of immigrants and labor force? |
WOMEN |
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Diasporas |
are cases where some ethnic group has been forced to vacate its homeland and its members have scattered around the world. i.e. Holocaust |
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What did the National Origins Act restrict? |
Immigration |
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What are latinos NOT? |
a single, unified group aside from their shared language |
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Where are an increasing number of immigrants coming from? |
Central America |
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Which groups did not integrate well? |
Native Americans, African Americans, Puerto Ricans |
