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Exam 2
Sociology Chapter 9
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Sociology
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10/17/2006

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Term
social stratification
Definition
some groups are valued more than others
depends on noble birth and ownership

EX. men over women, able or disabled
Term
closed systems
Definition
people are ranked on ascribed characteristics, mobility isnt possible
Term
open systems
Definition
ranked on merit, talent, and ability
movement is possible
Term
caste systems
Definition
closed, rigid, hereditary, religiously dictated.

EX. india, some women are untouchable
Term
estate systems
Definition
nobility, church, peasants
Term
class systems
Definition
-some groups have more resources
-mobility is allowed
- different resources gives you a different lifestyle
EX. U.S.
Term
socioeconomic status
Definition
social location, defined by education occupation and financial resources
Term
Marx's theoroetical view of stratification
Definition
class is formed as a result of a struggle to get scarce resources.
-results in ruling and subordinate classes
Term
Weber
Definition
3-dimensions that were used to place you in hierarchy
1. wealth
2. power
3. prestige (status)
Term
upper class
Definition
.5-1%
enormous power and resources
class concsious
keep low profile
Term
lower upper
Definition
3-4%
new money (trump)
gaudy
Term
upper middle
Definition
14%
80,000-160,000
more prestigious jobs,
Term
lower middle
Definition
30%
40-80 k
colllege grads
Term
working class
Definition
30%
20k-40k
community college
Term
wokring poor
Definition
less than 19,000
low skilled dead end jobs
food insecure
Term
wokring poor
Definition
less than 19,000
low skilled dead end jobs
food insecure
Term
underclass
Definition
5%
african american and latino
seasonal part time work
Term
intragenerational movement
Definition
in 1 generation
Term
intergenerational movement
Definition
movement over time
Term
poverty
Definition
doesnt keep up with inflation
threshold to afford bare minimum everyhing
Term
explanations of poverty
Definition
individual- blame the victim
cultural- parents pass on to kids
strucural- feminist and functionalist (conflict)
Term
modernization theory
Definition
social darwinisti/functionalist
-technology and industrial revolutions create wealth
Term
dependency theory
Definition
rich nations exploit poor ones.
depend on american companies
Term
world systems theory
Definition
form international capitalist community
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