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11 Cards in this Set
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Social stratification?
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Existence of structured inequalities between groups in society, in terms of access to material or symbolic rewards.
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Endogamy?
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Forbidding of marriage or sexual relations outside one's social group.
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Class?
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Socioeconomic variations between groups of individuals that create variations in material prosperity and power.
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Life chances?
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Person's opportunities for achieving economic prosperity (Max Weber).
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Surplus value?
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Value of a worker's labor power left over when an employer has repaid the cost of hiring the worker.
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Pariah groups?
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Groups who suffer from negative status discrimination.
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Intragenerational vs. intergenerational mobility?
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Movement in social stratification hierarchy within the course of a personal career vs. from one generation to another.
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Absolute poverty vs. relative poverty?
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Minimal requirements necessary to sustain a healthy existence vs. poverty defined according to living standards of majority in a society
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Culture of poverty?
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Thesis (Oscar Lewis) that poverty is not a result of individual inadequacies but is instead the outcome of a larger social atmosphere into which successive generations are socialized.
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Dependency culture?
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Term (Charles Murray) to describe individuals who rely on state welfare provision rather than entering the labor market.
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Social exclusion?
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Outcome of multiple deprivations that prevent individuals or groups from participating fully in life of society in which they live.
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