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11 Cards in this Set
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Social Stratification |
The division of people into layers according to their relative power, property and prestige. |
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Gender |
An ascribed characteristic that contributes to social standing in all stratification system. |
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Karl Marx |
According to him, ownership of the means of production was the primary factor which distiguishes the different classes in industrial capitalism |
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False consciousness |
Marx argued that workers experience false consciousness when they mistakenly identify with capitalists. |
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Max Weber |
According to Max Weber social class is made up of 3 components: property, power, prestige. |
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Melvin Tumin |
Believed the best predictor of college admission is the family income of a student. |
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Gaetano Mosca |
Believed every society is stratified by POWER |
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British class system |
Two most striking characteristics of the Bristish class system are language and education. |
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Maquiladoras |
are assembly for export factories along the US - MEXICAN border. |
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Neocolonialism |
the practice of industrialized nations controlling least industrialized nations through debt. |
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Multinational Corporations |
companies that operate across many national boundaries and help most industrialized nations maintain global dominance. |
