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what is the term for a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy?
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social stratification
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the term for a change in position within the soicial hierarchy?
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social mobility
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what is the caste system?
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It is a social stratification based on a ascription, or birth.
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A type of social system that can be based on ascription or birth?
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A caste system
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A stratification based on both birth and individual achievement?
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A class system
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What is the type of social stratification that is based on both individual achievments and birth?
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A class system
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what is the a social stratification based on personal merit called?
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Meritocracy.
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what is a meritocacy
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It n is a social strtifcation based on personal merit achievments
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what are the different types of social classes.
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Upper class, Upper middle class, lower middle class, working class and lower class
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what is the US poverty rate?
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12.7%. 38 million people are living in poverty according to the us governments offical numbers
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what kinds of people are in the upper class?
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Investers hiers, CEO's, 2-3% of the population( 500 milion+) families and people who have old money(Mellon, Dupont, Vanderbelt. People who have new money Meaning they earned it: Perot, Walton, Bill Gates , Buffet, and mike Dell
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what types of people are in the lower middle class?
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Professionals: they have thier gradute school degrees, business owners; 15% they have Careers, $75,00+
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what is the definition of permenent underclass?
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It is were people are born into poverty and it is passed down through the generations.
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what was the poverty standerd in 1960 for a family of 4 people?
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for a family of 4 the poverty standerd was $3,000 pre tax.
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what is the poverty standard for one person in 2006?
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The poverty standard in 2006 is $10,000.
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What is the poverty standard for a family of 4 in 2006 according to the U.S. Government?
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The poverty standard for a family of 4 is $20,000
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what percentage of white people are in poverty?
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8% of whites live in poverty.
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what percent of blacks live in poverty?
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22% of Blacks live in Poverty.
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which four states are ranked as the most poor states in the union?
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Missisippie, New Mexico, LOUISIANA, and Texas are tied with having a populaiton that has 17% poverty level.
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what Percentage of Americans live in Poverty?
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12.7% or 38 million people in the us live in poverty.
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what is the defintion of social stratisfaction?
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A system by which society ranks categories of people in a hierarcy, that involves 4 basic principals:
1. Social stratification is a trait of society, not simply a reflection of individual differences. 2. Sociel stratification carries over from generation to generation. 3.Social stratification is universal but variable. 4. Social stratification involves not just inequality but beliefs. |
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what is a term that means that social stratification is based on personal merit?
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Meritocracy, is the term that refers to social stratification based on personal merit.
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what is status consitency?
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A term that means a degree of consistincey in a persons social standing across various dimensions of social inequality.
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What is social mobility?
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A shift in the social position of large numbers of people due to more to changes in society than to individual efforts.
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What country has the largest economic inequality gap between it's citizens?
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Answer South Africa with a ration of 33:1
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what is the sociological definition of ideology?
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A cultures own belief that jusitify particular social arrangements, including patterns of inequality.
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What is the main idea of the Davis Moore thesis?
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States that social stratification has beneficial consequenses for the operation of a society.
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