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