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The existence of structured inequalities between groups in the society.
-Rankings apply to social categories such as gender and ethnicity
- Life experience and oppurtinies depend on how their social category is ranked
-Ranks of social categories change very slowly over time |
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| Income, wealth,Education and occupation |
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Affects your social mobility.
Affect your oppurtinities.
keeps you in poverty |
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Capitalist- Those who own the means of production
Working class- those who earn their living by selling their labor. |
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| Marx vs Weber Social stratification |
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Marx= came from lack of control of means
Weber= Control of lack of means and peoples skills and occupation. |
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Composed of the more affluent members of society, those who have inherited wealth, own businesses, or hold larg number of stocks
-Politically influential and get most of their money from stock. |
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| Composed broadly of those working in white-collar and lower managerial occupations |
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| Highly educated professionals, mid-level corporate managers, small buisness owners. |
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Trained office workers, high school teachers, nurses and such
-provide skilled services
-college educated |
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| People working blue-collar or manual, occupations |
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Those who work part time or not at all and whose household income is typically low.
- found in cities or really rural places.
-unskilled jobs |
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| No work usually homeless andcannot get a job. |
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The outcome of multiple deprivations that prevent individuals/groups from participating fully in economic, social and political life of the society.
-big population of this is homeless people |
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