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19 Cards in this Set
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bourgeoisie
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the class that owns the means of production
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caste system
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a stratification system in which people's social status is determined at birth based upon their parent's ascribed status.
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class system
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a stratification system that permits a significant amount of mobility between positions
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life chances
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the opprotunity to acquire valuable social rewards and resources.
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intergenerational mobility
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social mobility experienced by family members from one generation to the next
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intragenerational mobility
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social mobility experienced within an individuals lifetime.
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means of production
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the productive economic resources of society, especially land, capital, and buildings.
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meritocracy
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the allocation of status based upon personal ability, credentials, and achievement
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power
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the ability of a group or person to achieve their aims and axercise their will despite the resistance of others
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prestige
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social honor, deference, and respect.
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proletariat
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The class of people that sells their labor power to the bourgeoisie in exchange for wages.
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property
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The economic resources that an individual owns and controls.
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slave systems
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stratification systems characterized by the ownership of some people by others.
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social mobility
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movement between positions in a stratification hierarchy
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social stratification
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a hierarchial system that ranks large groups of people based upon important social and physical characteristics.
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socioeconomic status (SES)
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a combined measure that classifies people according to their occupation, education, and income.
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Erik Olin Wright
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Contemporary Marxist scholar who identified four criteria for determining class location in advanced capitalist societies.
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Karl Marx
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One of the first social philosophers to critically examine social stratification and state that a person's position is dtermined by his or her relationship to the means of production.
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Max Weber
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marxian student who found social stratification to be multidimensional rather than being determined by a single factor.
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