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| the structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and powers |
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| condition in which members of a society enjoy diff amounts of wealth prestige and power |
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| social position "assigned to a person by society without regard for that persons unique talents or characteristics |
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| social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts |
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| legalized social inequality for individuals or groups |
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| hereditary systems of rank, usually religiously dictated that tend to be fixed and immobile |
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| feudalism; required peasants to work land leased to them by nobles in exchange for military protection and other services |
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| social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility |
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| economic system in which the means of production are held largely in private hands, and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits |
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| capitalist class; owns the means of production |
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| a subjective awareness of common vested interests and the need for collective political action to bring about social change |
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| an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect its objective position |
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| refer to a group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income |
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| term used by weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle |
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| ability to exercise ones will over others |
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| set of cultural beliefs and practices that supports powerful social, economic, and political interests |
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| method of measuring social class; views class largely as a statistical category |
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| respect and admiration that an occupation holds in a society |
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| reputation that a specific person has earned within an occupation |
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| socioeconomic status (SES) |
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| a measure of social class that is based on income, education, and occupation |
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| a minimum level of subsistence that no family should be expected to live below |
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| floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society, whatever their lifestyles, are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole |
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| women have constituted an increasing proportion of the poor people of the united states; never married mothers |
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| opportunities people have to provide themselves with material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable life experiences |
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| movement of individuals or groups from one position in a society's stratification system to another |
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| position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status |
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| allows little or no possibility of moving up |
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| elementary school teacher who becomes a police officer; moves from one social position to another of the same rank |
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| teacher becomes a lawyer; movement of a person from one social position to another of a diff rank |
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| intergenerational mobility |
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| changes in the social position of children relative to their parents |
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| intragenerational mobility |
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| involves changes in a person's social position within his or her adult life |
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