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| The division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy |
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| the unequal distribution of wealth, power or prestige among members of a society |
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| socioeconomic status(SES) |
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| measure of an individual's place within a social class system; often used interchangeably with "class" |
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| a situation in which there are srious differences between the different elements of an individuals socioeconomic status |
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| social honor people are given because of their membership in well-regarded social groups |
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| Social reproduction, Pierre Bourdieu |
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| tenedency of social classes to remain relatively stable as social class status is passed down from one generation to the next |
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| the tastes, habits, expectations, skills, knowledge and other cultural dispositions that help us gain advantages in society |
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| a relative measure of poverty based on the standard of living in a particular society |
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| unable to live up to government set standards |
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| just world hypothesis, Oscar Lewis |
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| people have a deep need to see the world as orderly, predictable, and fair |
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| removal of the rights of citizens through economic, political or legal means |
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| system in which rewards are ditributed based on merit |
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