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12 Cards in this Set
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Social Stratification |
Social ranking based on characteristics such as income, wealth, occupation, prestige |
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Ideology |
Set a value/believes that support a society social stratification system |
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Social Class |
Group of families, more or less equal in rank |
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The American class structure (6) |
1. Capitalist class 2. Upper – middle class 3. Middle class 4. Working class 5. Working poor 6. Underclass |
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Social Inequality |
A situation in which individuals, families, or members of larger groups, vary in access to valued resources |
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Social Inequality modes |
Gender Race Social class Etc. |
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Social in equality do tend to… |
Overlap and reinforce each other |
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Globalization |
-The increasing integration of nations in an age -lowering of barriers restricting the movement of goods, services, and capital of technology across borders |
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"New Capitalism" (Sennett) |
-Collapse of Bretton Woods monetary system released restrictions on movement of capital -shareholder demand for quick profits |
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Gini Coefficient |
Compares properties of the population to the proportions of income they receive (0 to 1) |
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Social Reproduction Theory (Bourdieu) |
-economic capital -social capital -cultural capital -embodied -objectified -institution |
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Habitus (Bourdieu) |
-mental framework that guides perceptions, attitude, behavior -reflects internalize norms -family socialization -not deterministic |
