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| a system by which a society ranks categories of people in hierarchy (4 basic principles) |
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| a change in position within the social hierarchy |
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| a social stratification based on acknowledgement, or birth |
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| social stratification based on both birth and individual achievement |
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| refers to social stratification based on personal merit |
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| the degree in a persons social standing across various dimensions of social inequality |
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| structural social mobility |
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| a shift in the social position of large numbers of people due more to changes in society than to individual efforts |
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| cultural belifs that justify particular social arrangements, including patterns of inequality. |
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| marx on ideaology,capitalist law- |
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| defines the right to own property, which encourages money to remain within the same families from one generation to the next |
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| every culture defines some type of inequality fair |
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| according to the structural functional approach, social stratification plays a vital part in |
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| the operation of a society |
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| states that social stratification has beneficial consequences for the operation of a society |
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| people who own and operate factories abd other businesses in pursuit of profits |
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| working people who sell their labor for wages |
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| lower-prestige jobs that involve mostly manual labor |
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| higher prestige jobs that involve mostly mental activity |
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| composite ranking based on various dimensions of social inequality |
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| structural finctional approach of social stratification |
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macro-level, stratification is a system of unequal rewards that benefits society as a whole
"unequal rewards are fair" |
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| social conflict approach of stratification |
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macro level; stratification is a division of society's resources that benefits some and harms others
"unequal rewards are not fair" |
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| symbolic interaction approach to stratification |
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micro level; stratification is a factor that guides people's interaction in everyday life
"unequal rewards are maybe fair" |
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| the wealth of the avg. us family is currently about |
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| intragenerational social mobility |
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| a change in social position occuring during a persons lifetime |
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| intergenerational social mobility |
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| upward or downward social mobility of children in relation to their parents |
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| the deprivation of some ppl in the relation to those who have more |
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| a deprivation of resources that is life-threatening |
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| the feminization of poverty |
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| the trend of women making up an increasing proportion of the poor |
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