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Status symbols |
those cultural objects, primarily although not totally material, that reflect an individual's socioeconomic status |
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income |
the economic gain derived from wages, salaries or various forms of government assistance |
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wealth |
all one's assets; including real estate holdings and money in bank accounts, stocks, bonds and so on; minus debt |
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meritocracy |
a society where advancement is based on individual ability or achievement |
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social mobility |
the upward or downward movement of individuals in terms of their class position or their socioeconomic status |
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race |
a category of people who share common physical traits deemed to be socially significant. most commonly linked to differences in skin colour |
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racialized groups |
groups of people that are singled out for unequal treatment on the basis of real or imagined physical characteristics |
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ethnicity |
a collectivity of people with shared cultural traits, including language, religion or ancestry |
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ethnic chauvinism |
hostility directed toward people on the basis of their membership in a particular ethnic group |
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racism |
hostility directed toward those with real or perceived physiological traits, most centrally skin color |
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anti-semitism |
hostility directed toward those of Jewish origin |
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islamaphobia |
the fear of or prejudiced viewpoint toward Islam, Muslims and matters pertaining to them |
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prejudice |
the holding of biased attitudes and beliefs toward individuals on the basis of their membership in particular social groups |
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discrimination |
the denial of equal treatment or opportunities to individuals on the basis of their membership in a particular social group |
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institutional racism |
racism that is embedded within a society's various social institutions, such as the education system, the judiciary, and the mass media |
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assimilationism |
a theory proposing that particular racial or ethnic groups will cease to be disadvantaged once they integrate into the dominant group |
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feminism |
a term that broadly describes the belief in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes, as well as the various social movements organized around this belief |
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heterosexism |
the ideology that heterosexual sex within a state-sanctioned marriage; primarily for the purpose of reproduction; is normal, while all other forms of sexual behavior are deviant |
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radical feminism |
a theory that sees gender inequality as rooted in patriarchy, or the power men hold over women in society |
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patriarchy |
in radical feminist analysis, a social system characterized by male dominance and female subordination, with men in control of the political, economic, and ideological spheres. the term is also used more generally to mean and society where males as a category have social advantages over women (for example, access to better jobs or higher wages) |
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socialist feminism |
a theory that attempts to explain gender inequality by combining insights from both radical feminism and Marxism. in this framework, power is linked to both gender and class |
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misogyny |
the hatred of women |
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reform |
any change to society; whether legal, political, social or economic; that occurs within a particular socioeconomic formation. there is no change in class relations |
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revolution |
any major social transformation. in Marxist terminology, revolutions can be said to have occurred only when there is a transformation of class relations in a society |
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reformism |
the belief that a series of reforms to the current structure can eliminate the major contradictions of capitalism, create societies where social justice reigns, and, in the long run, eventually lead to socialism |
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deep integration |
the harmonization of policies and regulations between Canada and the United States in the interest of the corporate sectors of these countries |
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populism |
a political orientation that presents itself as a movement of the "little guy" opposing big government and big business. there are left and right wing variants of populist movements |
