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What is Social Stratififcation
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refers to a society's system for ranking people hierarchically according to various attributes such as, wealth,power and prestige
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society's system for ranking people.
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Society's where there exist rigid boundries between social strata are said to have what type of system
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closed stratification
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rigid boundries
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Society's where boundries are easily crossed are said to have a
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open stratification
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easily crossed
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Social mobility refers to what
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movement from one social stratum to another
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stratum
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Ascribed status applies to what
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a status aquired at birth
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Achieved status applies to what
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based on efforts of the individual
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your efforts
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Open society's are characterized by classes which are
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social strata based primarily on economic criteria
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classes
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Classes of modern
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false
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The way people are grouped with respect to access to scarce resources are determines their
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Life chances
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scarce resources
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Structural mobility
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the elimination of entire classes as a result of changes in the means of their existence
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elimination
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Spacial mobility
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the movement of individual and groups from one location to another
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movement
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Deference
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the respect and esteem shown to an individual
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Demeanor
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the way in which individuals present themselves to others through body language, dress, speech and manners
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present
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Legitimate power is called AUTHORITY
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and is a major factor in maintaining existing relationships among castes or classes
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AUTHORITY is a major factor in maintaining existing relationships among castes or classes
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KARL MARX
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capitalism divided society's into classes based on ownership of the means of production
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capitalism divided society's into classes
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What would result in a classless society
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workers becoming consciuos of their shared interest; then becoming rebellious
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their shared interest;
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MARX view of stratification is challenged by what
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social mobility in industrial society's which have shown considerable movement between social classes
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Functionalist theories of STRATIFICATION
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unequal distribution of rewards channels talented people into important roles in society
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unequal distribution; channels
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Interactionist perpective of STRATIFICATION implies what
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the stratification is not a fixed system but one that is created out of everyday behaviors
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created out of everyday behaviors
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Objective class
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MARXIAN THEORY, a social class that has a visible relationship to the means of production
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visible
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Subjective class
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MARXIAN THEORY,the way members of a social class perceive their situation
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perceive
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Intragenerational mobility
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change in social class of a indiviual within his/her lifetime
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within his/her lifetime
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Intergenerational mobility
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change in social class of family members from one generation to the next
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The basic measures of inequality in a society is
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wealth,educaitonal attainment,occupational prestige
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Socioeconomic status
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derived primarily from occcupation
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Equal of Opportunity
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Equal opportunity to achieve desired levels of material well being and prestige
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Equal of result
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Equality in the actual outcome of peoples attempts to improve their material well being and prestige
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Equality in actual outcome
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