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| An inclusive term encompassing all a person's material assets, including land, stocks, and other property |
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| A social position "assigned" to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics |
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| An 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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| Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society |
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| In Karl Marx's view, a subjective awareness of common vested interests and the need for collective political action to bring about social change |
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| A term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle, independent of their class positions |
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| A technique for measuring social class that assigns individuals to classes on the basis of criteria such as occupation, education, income and place of residence |
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| A 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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| The movement of individuals or groups from one position of a society's stratification system to another |
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| Immanuel Wallerstein's view of the global economic system as divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited |
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| Max Weber's term for people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable life experiences |
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| The structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society |
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| A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts |
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| Karl Marx's term for the capitalist class, or the owners of the means of production |
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| A term used by Karl Marx to describe an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect its objective position |
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| The ability to exercise one's will over others |
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| A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence that no family should be expected to live below |
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| A trend in which women constitute an increasing proportion of the poor people of the United States |
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| The maintenance of political, social, economic, and cultural domination over a people by a foreign power for an extended period |
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| The worldwide integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas |
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| An organized pattern of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs |
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| According to Emile Durkheim, a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things |
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| The feeling or perception of being in direct contact with the ultimate reality, such as a divine being, or of being overcome with religious emotion |
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| A statement to which members of a particular religion adhere |
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| A practice required or expected of members of a faith |
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| A society in which men dominate in family decision making |
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| Rigid adherence to fundamental religious doctrines, often accompanied by a literal application of scripture or historical beliefs to today's world |
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| Max Weber's term for the disciplined work ethic, this-worldly concerns, and rational orientation to life emphasized by John Calvin and his followers |
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| A sociohistorical process in which racial categories are created, inhibited, transformed, and destroyed |
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| A Marxist theory that views racial subordination in the United States as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitaslism |
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| An interactionist perspective that states that interracial contact between people of equal statues engaged in a cooperative task will reduce prejudice |
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| Any arbitrary action initiated by an authority based on race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than on a person's behavior |
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| The belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior |
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| An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender, race, or ethnicity |
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| An unreliable generalization about all members of a group that does not recognize individual differences within the group |
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| A negative attitude toward an entire category of people, often an ethnic or racial group |
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| The tendency to assume that one's own culture and way of life represents the norm or are superior to all other cultures |
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| A criminal offense committed because of the offender's bias against a race, religion, ethnic group, national origin, or sexual orientation |
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| The use of the principle of race neutrality to defend a racially unequal status quo |
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| Expectations regarding the proper behavior, attitudes, and activities of males or females |
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| The ideology that one sex is superior to the other |
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| Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality |
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| The cumulative impact of oppression because of race, gender, and class, as well as religion, sexual orientation, disability and age |
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| The double burden-work outside the home followed by child care and house work-that many women face and few men share equitably |
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