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-Social Interaction -A social variable of stratification |
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| A political variable of stratification |
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-An economic variable of stratification -Most fundamental variables of stratification -Monetary Gain for a Period of productivity |
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-An economic variable of stratification -Most fundamental variables of stratification -The primary work that a person does to earn a living |
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-A social variable of stratification -Social honor given or withheld by the community |
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| -a dimension (order) of stratification |
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| -The Inheritance of the class position of one's parents |
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-A good salary -Good working conditions |
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| Middletown's 1890 Class Structure |
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| Prestige was a direct outcome of competence at work |
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| -Class ranking is based on socioeconomic status |
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-Farmers and small business owners were replaced by salaried white-collar employees as the majority of the middle class -Manufacturing-based economy |
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| -The degree of community consensus about rankings in a hierarchy of individuals, families, or occupations |
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| -the perceived feelings of separation or distance between social groups |
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| -Social standing based on education, income and occupational prestige |
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-Members of this class are educated at elite universities -This class was national in scope -New moneyed families -The position of this class is based on the source of its wealth -The upper class whose wealth was earned |
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-Members of this class are educated at elite universities -Investors and top executives are in this class -This class is built on corporate wealth -Families in this class are owners of productive assets |
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-This group was characterized by self-employed ownership of property -Farmers, shopkeepers, entrepreneurs were in this class -Independent professionals were in this class |
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-Salaried white-collar people are the majority of this group -Skilled blue-collar workers are found in this class -This class once had an exlusive claim on the high school diploma -The rise of this class was tied to the growth of corporate and government bureaucracies |
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-A political variable of stratification -A dimension (order) of stratification -The ability to carry out one's will even when others resist |
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| A dimension (order) of stratification |
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| -The process of learning skills, attitudes and customs needed to participate in the life of the community |
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-An accumulation of past income -An economic variable of stratification -Most fundamental variables of stratification -Ownership of economic assets |
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| -The degree of community consensus about the points at which a hierarchy of individuals, families, or occupations should be divided into social classes |
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| -The status or respect accorded an occupation |
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| Middletown's 1924 Class Structure |
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-prestige was based on income -businessmen relied more on banks for credit, and merchants allowed people to buy on credit -managers were self-made owner-businessmen/manufacturers |
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| -This condition exists when a subordinate recognizes that the superordinate has the right to claim deference and feels constrained by group norms to grant it |
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-Semiskilled blue collar workers are in this class -Low-level white collar jobs are in this class |
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