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| involuntary and derives form clearly identifiable characteristics, such as age, gender, and skin color |
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| acqured through direct, individual efforts |
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| a category of people with shared socioeconomic characteristics; upper, middle and lower classes |
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| the respect and importance tied to specific occupations or associations |
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| the capacity to influence people through real or perceived rewards or punishments; often depends on the unequal distribution of valued resources; power differentials create social inequality |
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| a state of normlessness that erodes social solidarity by means of excessive individualism, social inequality, and isolation |
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| the investment people make in their society in return for economic or collective rewards; social networks are a powerful form |
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| a society in which advancement up the social ladder is based on intellectual talent and achievement |
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| allows one to acquire higher-level employment opportunities by achieving required credentials and experience; can occur in a postive or negative direction |
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| a socioeconomic condition; in the US the poverty line is determined by the government's calculation of the minimum income requirements for families to acquire the minimum necessities of life |
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| the passing on of social inequality, especially poverty, from one generation to the next |
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| when people do not have enough ressources to acquire basic life necessities, such as shelter, food, clothing, and water |
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| when one is poor in comparison to a larger population |
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| a sense of powerlessness when idnividuals feel alienated from society |
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| a form of social stratification across territories and their populations, and can occur along residential, environmental, and global lines |
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| an uneven distribution of environmental hazards in communities, lower-income neighborhoods may lack the social and political power to prevent the placement of environmental hazards in their neighborhoods |
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| How has globalization effected social stratification? |
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| It has led to further inequalities in space, food and water, energy, housing, and education as the production of goods shifts to cheaper and cheaper labor markets |
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| the number of new cases of a disease per population at risk in a given period of time |
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| the number of cases of a disease per population in a given period of time |
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| the burden or degree of illness associated with a given disease |
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| death caused by a given disease |
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| an exacerbation of health outcomes caused by social injustice |
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