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17 Cards in this Set
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Social Stratification
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A social hierarchy resulting from the relatively permanent unequal distribution of goods and services in a society
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Functionalism (functionalist perspective)
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Anthropological theory that specific cultural institutions function to support the structure of a society or serve the needs of its people
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Conflict theory
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A perspective on social stratification; focuses on economic inequality as a source of conflict and change
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Power
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Ability to compel other individuals to do things they wouldn't choose to do otherwise
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Wealth
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Accumulation of material resources or acces to the means of producing these resources
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Prestige
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Social honor or respect
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Ascribed Status
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Social position that one is born into
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Achieved status
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Social position that one chooses or achieves on his/her own
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Class
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Category of persons who all have about the same opportunity to obtain economic resources, power, and prestige and who are ranked relative to other categories
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Class system
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Form of social stratification in which the different strata form a continuum and social mobility is possible
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Social mobility
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Movement from one social strata to another
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Life chances
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Opportunities that people have to fulfill their potential in society
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Race
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Culturally constructed category based on perceived physical differences
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Apartheid
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South African system of exclusive racial groups--black, white, colored, and Asian; were formally organized, segregated, treated differently in law and life, and occupied different and almost exclusive statuses within the society
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Assimilation
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View that immigrants should abandon their cultural distinctiveness and become mainstream Americans
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Multiculturalism
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View that cultural diversity is a positive value that should be incorporated into national identity and public policy
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Caste system
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Social stratification based on birth or ascribed status in which social mobility between castes is not possible
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