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Sociology
Chapter 7
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
05/04/2013

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Term
Describe Stratification
Definition
Structured social inequality
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What is Jean-Jacques opinion of people? What does he think of private property?
Definition

People are good.

Sees private property as source of social conflict

Term
What are the two forms of inequality?
Definition

1. Physical

2. Social

Term
What does Malthus believe about inequality?
Definition
it is good, so overpopulation does not occur.
Term
What does Georg Hegel think of inequality?
Definition
creates interdependence between people.
Term
Describe Ontological Equality
Definition
Everyone is created equally in God's eyes.
Term
Describe the three of the four types of Stratification
Definition

1. Estate system: Politics separate people into different groups (limited mobility)

2. Caste System: No mobility (religion based)

3. Class System: loose social mobility

Term
What are the two types of mobility?
Definition

Social mobility-movement between classes

and

Structural mobility-movement because of economy (inevitable)

Term
Describe Horizontal mobility and Vertical mobility
Definition

Horizontal-moving from one occupation to another

Vertical-moving statuses

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