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| A minimum level of subsistence that no family should be expected to live below |
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| A social position that a person attains largely through his or her own efforts |
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| A social position assigned to a person by society without regard for the persons unique talents or characteristics |
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| Term for the capatalist class, comprising the owners of the means of production |
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| 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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| Hereditary rank, usually religiously dictated, that tends to be fixed and immobile |
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| Subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change |
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| Social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility |
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| Social system in which there is little or no possiblity of social mobility |
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| Tax breaks, direct payments, and grants that the goverment makes to corporations |
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| Set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests |
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| System of stratification under which peasants were required to work land leased to them by nobles in exhange for military protection and other services |
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| The reputation that a specific person has earned within an occupation |
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| Attutude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect their objective position |
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| Movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank |
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| Intergenerational mobility |
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| Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents |
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| Intragenerational mobility |
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| Changes in social position within a person's adult life |
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| Opportunities people have to provide themselves with material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable life experiences |
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| 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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| Social system in which the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status |
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| The abilty to exercise one's will over others |
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| Respect and admiration that an occupation holds in society |
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| Term for the working class in a capitalist society |
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| A floating standard of deprivation by which the people at the bottom of society, whatever their lifestyles, are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole |
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| System of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other poeple |
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| Condition in which members of society have different amounts of wealth, prestige, or power |
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| Movement of individuals or groups from one position in a society's stratification system to another |
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| People who have the same prestige or lifestyle, independent of their class positions |
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| Structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society |
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| The long-term poor who lack training and skills |
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| Movement of an individual from once social position to another of a different rank |
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| An inclusive term encompassing all a person's material assets, including land, stocks, and other types of property |
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| A group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income |
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