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A system in which a society ranks & categorizes people in a hierarchy
social stratification
social stratification based on ascription or birth.
The Caste System
Social Stratification based on birth and individual achievement
The Class System
A concept that refers to social stratification based on a personal merit
Meritocracy
The degree consistency in a person’s social standing across various dimensions of social inequality
Status consistency
cultural beliefs that justify particular social arrangements including patterns of inequality
Ideology: Power behind stratification
-Social Strat. has beneficial consequences for the operation of society
-The greater the functional importance of a position, the more rewards a society attaches to it.
The Davis Moore Thesis
-Social Strat is rooted in peoples relationship to the means of production.
-Capitalist (bourgeosie) “business owners”
-Proletariat (laborers)
Karl Marx and Class Conflict
The experience of isolation and misery resulting from powerlessness
Alienation
A composite ranking based on various dimensions of social inequality
Socioeconomic status (SES)
Buying and using products with an eye to the “statement” they make about social position.
conspicuous consumption
strong bearing on schooling, occupation and income
Ancestry
linked closely to social position in the US
Race
on average women have less income, wealth, and occupational prestige than men
Gender
A model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of technological and cultural differences between nations
Modernization Theory
-A model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation of poor nations by rich ones
Dependance Theory
Suggests that prosperity or poverty of any country results from the operation of the global economic system
Wallerstein’s Capitalist World Economy
The unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men and women
Gender Stratification
Concluded that culture is the key to gender distinction
Margaret Mead’s Research