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26 Cards in this Set
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The hiearchial arrangement of large social groups based on their control over basic resources
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social stratification
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What are the two types of social mobility and give examples
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intra generational 1 life time american dream pulling oneself by bootstraps, intergenerational several generations immigrant experience.
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Closed system
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doesn't allow social mobility
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Chattel slavery and warfare slavery
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chattel-slavery status is inherited warfare slaver-only conquered generation is enslaved children are free in conquerors group
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how many people are enslaved today
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27 million
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Caste and marriage
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Only allowed to marry within own group
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GNP-Gross National Product
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Total monetary vaule of all final goods and services produced in a country during a year also GDP
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Absolute vs relative poverty
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Absolute-cant afford basic things Relative-Not doing as well as other people in your class
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gini coefficient
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quality of life between nations
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income gap
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difference between people in bottom
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Income vs. Wealth
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Top 20% controls 8% of all available wealth and income. Income-is the economic gain derived from wages. Wealth-the value of all of a person's or family's economic assests.
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the respect or regard within wich a person or status position is regarded by others
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prestige
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the ability of people or groups to acieve their goals despite oppostiion from others
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power
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Weber-looks at several things.
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wealth prestige power and history history of ideas capitalism evolving out of middle ages.
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which classes have which levels of education and levels of occupation.
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upperclass-college education and trading
upper middle class-very mental work middle-management lower-semiskilled under-usually unemployed |
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what things have eroded the american dream
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means are decreasing
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how would a marxian theorist describe the current class in us
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struggle between groups for power mainly owners and workers
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a category of people who have been singled out as inferior or superior, often on the basis of real or alleged physical characteristics such as skin color, hair texture, eye shape
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race
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Mertons types of prejudice/discrimination
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unprejudiced non discriminators
prejudiced nondiscriminators unprejudiced discriminators prejudiced discriminators |
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Ethnic cleansing, Nazis, native american problem all have in common?
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defines a policy of cleansing a geographic area by forcing persons of other races or religous to flee-or die.
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built into the way things are done
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institutionalized discrimination
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Because of racism there are two categories of jobs. AF AM. fine lower paying jobs. two or more different job markets based on race.
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split labor market
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conflict explanations of race
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Af AM hold lower paying jobs
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problems wit race labeled groups
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Hispanics, Asians, lumping people together
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what are stereotypes for?
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categorizing people
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advertisements and commericals
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ads contain images that symbolize objectivity of women
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