Social Stratification

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achieved status(es)

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32. upper class Yale graduate
56. the position which individuals acquire as a result of their knowledge, ability or skill

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ascribed statuses

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62. the position assigned to individuals or groups based on conditions of birth

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Bourgeoisie

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26. this group controls the ruling ideas and values of a capitalist society
30. this class emerged out of feudalism

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capitalism

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1. characterized by the private ownership of the means of production
22. mode of production

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class consciousness

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4. class-for-itself

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class-for-itself

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11. members of a class are aware of their place in the economic systen and their common interests

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class-in-itself

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10. workers view each other as individual competitors
23. members of this group may have little sense of shared community

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class struggle

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9. organized struggle of the oppressed against the ruling class
49. the basic source of social change according to Marx

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communism

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5. charazterized by collective ownership of property
22. mode of production
46. government is abolished under this system
59. class divisions are eliminated under this system

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factors of class consciousness

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43. alienation and exonomic insecurity
47. the progressive impoverishment of the working class

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feudalism

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22. mode of production

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life chances

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14. opportunities for successful career
24. less likely to be in good health
38. those aspects of an individual's future prospects that are determined by class membership

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lifestyle

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15. a pattern of social relationships, consumption of material goods and culture that indicate class position

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market situation

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35. commodities market
63. a social area where roles of production are performed and goods and services are exchanged

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Karl Marx

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34. he argued that all political phenomena could be traced directly to class

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means of production

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17. a plow and delivery truck
29. a factory

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modes of production

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16. feudalism and capitalism
48. determines a socitey's social organziation

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oppressed class

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20. workers (according to marx)

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particularistic criteria of ranking

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61. the basis of the status order of stratification

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proletariat

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20. workers
33. this class sells its labor

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property-owning class

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37. entrepreneurs
45. owners of capital for investment

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propertyless class

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20. workers
33. this class sells its labor

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relations of production

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18. landlords and serfs

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ruling class

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25. thsi group controls the ruling ideas and values of society
41. this group controls the means of production

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slavery

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22. mode of production

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social class (Marx)

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40 . those who stand in a common position with regard to the socitey's production process

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social class (Weber)

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2. a group of people who share the same economic life chances

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social glass (gilbert)

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53. group of families that are approximately equal ni rank to each other and different from each other

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socialism

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6. charazterized by state ownership of the means of production
19. dictatorship of the proletariat
21. the transitional stage between capitalism and communism
22. mode of production

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status situation

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42. typical life chances to acquire negative or positive social estimation of honor

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status inconsistency

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31. underclass white anglo-saxon protestant male
54. prostitute, 8th grade education, 50,000/year
57. Mexican-American corporate executive

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status consistency

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13. upper-class white anglo saxon protestant male
44. lower-class racial minority

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status stratification

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12. racial discrimination

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substructure

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22. mode of production
48. determines a society's social structure

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superstructure

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7. the media
8. religion

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superstructure

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7. the media
8. religion

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universalistic criteria of ranking

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39. the basis of the economic order in its pure form

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Max Weber

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50. he believed that class position may be determined by status or power position
he believed that status considerations may undermine class consciousness