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26 Cards in this Set
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structured social inequality or systematic inequalities between groups of people that arise as intended or unintended consequences of social processes and relationships
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stratification
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a condition whereby no differences in wealth, power, prestige, or status based on non natural conventions exist
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social equality
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a two-directional relationship, one that goes both ways
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dialectic
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the notion that everyone is created equal in the eyes of God
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Ontological equality
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the idea that inequality of condition is acceptable so long as the rules of the game remain fair
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equality of opportunity
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a society of commerce in which the maximization of profit is the primary business incentive
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bourgeois society
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the idea that everyone should have an equal starting point
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equality of condition
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a position that argues each player must end up with the same amount regardless of the fairness of the "game"
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equality of outcome
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the notion that when more than one person is responsible for getting something done, the incentive is for each individual to shirk responsibility and hope other will pull the extra weight
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free rider problem
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politically based system of stratification characterized by limited social mobility
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estate system
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religion-based system of stratification characterized by no social mobility
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caste system
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economically based system of stratification characterized by relative categorization and somewhat loose social mobility
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class system
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the working class
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proletariat
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the capitalist class
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bourgeoisie
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the idea that people can occupy locations in the class structure which fall between the two "pure" classes
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contradictory class locations
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a system of stratification based on social prestige
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status hierarchy system
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system of stratification that has a governing elite, a few leaders who broadly hold the power of society
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elite-mass dichotomy system
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a society where status and mobility are based on individual attributes, ability, and achievement
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meritocracy
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an individual's position in a stratified social order
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socioeconomic status (SES)
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money received by a person for work or from returns on investments
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income
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a family's or individual's net worth (total assets minus total debts)
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wealth
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a term for the economic elite
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upper class
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a term commonly used to describe those individuals with nonmanual jobs that pay significantly more than the poverty line
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middle class
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the movement between different positions within a system of social stratification in any given society
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social mobility
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mobility that is inevitable from changes in the economy
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structural mobility
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approach that ranks individuals by socioeconomic status, including income and educational attainment, and seeks to specify the attributes characteristic of people who end up in more desirable occupations
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status-attainment model
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