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contradictory class locations

Erik Wright's term for a position in the class structure that generates contradictory interests

culture of poverty

assumption that the values and behaviors of the poor make them fundamentally different from other people, and that these factors are largely responsible for their poverty

downward social mobility

movement down the social class ladder

exchange mobility

about the same numbers of people moving up and down the social class ladder, such that, on balance, the social class system shows little change

feminization of poverty

the situation that most poor families in the US are headed by women

income

money received, usually from a job, business, or assets

intergenerational mobility
the change that family members make in social class from one generation to the next

poverty line

the official measure of poverty; calculated to include the incomes that are less than three times a low-cost food budget

power

the ability to get your way, despite resistance

power elite

C. Wright Mills' term for those who make the big decisions in US society

prestige

respect or regard

property

material possessions: animals, bank accounts, bonds, buildings, businesses, cars, machinery, jewelry, furniture, land, and stocks

social class

according to Weber, a large group of people who rank close to one another in property, prestige, and power

status

the position that someone occupies in a social group

status consistent

ranking high or low on all three dimensions of social class

status inconsistency

ranking high on some dimensions of social class and low on others

structural mobility

movement up or down the social class ladder that is due to changes in the structure of society, not to individual efforts

underclass

a group of people, concentrated in the inner city, who have little or no connection with the job market and next to no chance to climb the social ladder

upward social mobility

movement up the social class ladder

wealth

the total value of everything one owns, minus the debts

Karl Marx

believed that there were only two social classes: the capitalists and the workers. Membership is based on a person's relationship to the means of production

C. Wright Mills

used the term "power elite" to describe the top decision-makers in the nation

Max Weber

developed the definition of social class that is used by most sociologists. He noted that social class is made up of a large group of people who rank close to one another in terms of property, power, and prestige

Erik Wright

proposed an updated version of Marx's theory of stratification