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35 Cards in this Set
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Social Inequality
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a condition in which members of society have different amounts of wealth, prestige or power
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Stratification
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the structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in society
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Ascribed Status
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social position assigned to a person by society without regard to his or her unique talents or characteristics
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Achieved Status
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a social position that a person attains largely through his or her own efforts.
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Slavery
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Most extreme form of legalized inequality for individuals and groups.
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Castes
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hereditarty ranks, usually dictated by religion, that tend to be fixed and immobile.
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Estate System
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A system of stratification under which peasants were required to work land leased to them by nobles in exchange for military protection and other services. Also known as feudalism.
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Class System
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A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility.
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Social Mobility
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Movement of individuals or groups from one position in a society's stratification system to another.
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Open System
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A social system in which the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.
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Closed System
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A social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual social mobility.
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Horizontal Mobility
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The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.
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Vertical Mobility
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The movement of an individual from one social position to another of a different rank.
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Intergenerational Mobility
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Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.
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Who owns the UR process guide?
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Capitalism
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An economic system in which the means of production are held largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.
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Intragenerational Mobility
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Changes in social position within a person's adult life.
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Bourgeoisie
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Karl Marx's term for the capitalist class, comprising the owners of the means of production
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Proletariat
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Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.
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Class Consciousness
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In Marx's view, a subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change.
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Dominant Ideology
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A set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests.
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False Consciousness
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A term used by Marx to describe an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect their objective position.
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Class
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A group of people who have a similar level of economic resources.
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Status Group
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People who have the same prestige or lifestyle, independant of their class positions.
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Party
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The capacity to organize to accomplish some particular goal.
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Cultural Capital
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Our tastes, knowledge, attitudes, language, and ways of thinking that we exchange in interaction with others.
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Socioeconomic Status (SES)
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A measure of class that is based on income, education, occupation, and related variables.
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Income
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Wages and salaries measured over some period, such as per hour or year.
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Wealth
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The total of all person's material assets, including savings, land, stocks, and other types of property, minus his or her debt at a single point in time.
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absolute poverty
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A minimum level of subsistence that no family should be expected to live below.
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relative poverty
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a floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society, whatever their lifestyles, are judged to be disadvantaged
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