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17 Cards in this Set
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Social statification
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the hierarchical ordering of members or groups within a society
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slave system
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system of ownership of people as property, 2 social levels: owners and slaves
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estate system
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three primary strata: nobility, church, and commoners, ie. serfs, free peasants, merchants, etc.
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caste system
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assigns social groupings based on birth. similar to estate system but also an occuptional category
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Class system
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the 4th form of social stratification, but based on our economic position, whether inherited or earned, along with the social connections and cultural habits that become tied to those economic positions
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Social mobility
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the ability to move among strata in a society: either vertical or horizontal
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Ascribed status
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social position is something we are given at birth
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achieved status
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social position that is within our power to change
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Open systems
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systems that allow for mobility between social strata
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closed systems
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systems that do not allow for mobility between social strata
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cultural capital
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what we know and what we like. goes much deeper than artistic and literary preferences, and is rooted in our perception of reality itself
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income
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the amount of money you make or recieve
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wealth
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what you own, or the total value of all your assets minus your debt
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Median income
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if you were to line up incomes from least to most, median would be in the middle
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Mean income
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average income
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quintile
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nothing more than one of five population groupings, each of which contains 20% of the total households
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Gini Coefficient
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the closer it is to zero, the more equal incomes are. The closer it is to one, the greater the income inequality
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