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Slavery Bonded Labor (/Indentured Servitude) Caste System |
Slavery: A form of social stratification in which some people own other people Bonded Labor (/Indentured Servitude): A contractual system in which someone sells they body (/services) for a specified period of time; very close to slavery but entered into voluntarily Caste System: A form of social stratification in which people's statuses are lifelong conditions determined by birth |
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Class System Social Mobility Meritocracy |
Class System: A form of social stratification based primarily on the possession of money or material possessions Social Mobility: Movement up or down the social class ladder Meritocracy: A form of social stratification in which all positions are awarded on the basis of merit |
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Ideology Endogame |
Ideology: Beliefs about the way things ought to be that justify social arrangements Endogame: The practice of marrying into one's own group |
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Colonialism |
Colonialism: The process by which one nation takes over another nation, usually for the purpose of exploiting its labor and natural resources |
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World System Theory Globalization of Capitalism |
World System Theory: How economic and political connections developed and now tie the world's countries together Globalization of Capitalism: Capitalism (investing to make profits in a rational system) becoming the globe's dominant economic system |
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Culture of Poverty |
Culture of Poverty: The assumption that the values and behaviors of the poor make them fundamentally different from other people, that these factors are largely responsible for their poverty, and that parents perpetuate poverty across generations by passing these characteristics to their children |
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Means of Production Bourgeoisie Proletariat |
Means of Production: The tools, factories, land, and investment capital used to produce wealth Bourgeoisie: Marx's term for Capitalists, those who own the means of production Proletariat: Marx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production |
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Class Consciousness False Class Consciousness |
Class Consciousness: Marx's term for awareness of a common identity based on one's position in the means of production False Class Consciousness: Marx's term for workers identifying with the interests of capitalists |
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Social Class (2 definitions) |
Social Class: - According to Weber: A large group of people who rank close to one another in property, power, and prestige - According to Marx: One of two groups, capitalists who own the means of production or workers who sell their labor |
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Property Wealth Income |
Property: Material possessions (animals, furniture, cars, jewelry, land, buildings, businesses, cash, bank accounts, commodities, copyrights, stocks) Wealth: The total value of everything someone owns, minus the debts Income: Money received, usually from a job, business, or assets |
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Power Power Elite Prestige |
Power: The ability to carry out your will, even over the resistance of others Power Elite: C. Wright Mills' term for the top people in US corporations, military, and politics who make the nation's major decisions Prestige: Respect or regard |
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Status Status Consistency Status Inconsistency |
Status: The position that someone occupies in a social group Status Consistency: Ranking high or low an all 3 dimensions of social class Status Inconsistency: Ranking high on some dimensions of social class and low on others |
