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Details Title: Exam 2 Description: Sociology Chapter 9 Total Flash Cards: 24 Created: 10/17/2006 13:34:25	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards 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