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| a system in which people are born into a social standing that they will retain their entire lives |
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| a group who shares a common social status based on factors like wealth, income, education, and occupation |
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| social standing based on social factors and individual accomplishments |
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| the typical behaviors, customs, and norms that define each class (also called class markers) |
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| the act of buying and using products to make a statement about social standing |
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| a thesis that argues some social stratification is a social necessity |
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| a lowering of one’s social class |
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| unions of people within the same social category |
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| unions of spouses from different social categories |
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| a comparison of the wealth, economic stability, status, and power of countries as a whole |
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| the money a person earns from work or investments |
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| intergenerational mobility |
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| a difference in social class between different generations of a family |
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| intragenerational mobility |
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| a difference in social class between different members of the same generation |
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| an ideal system in which personal effort—or merit—determines social standing |
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| a law stating that all property passes to the firstborn son |
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| the ability to change positions within a social stratification system |
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| a socioeconomic system that divides society’s members into categories ranking from high to low, based on things like wealth, power, and prestige |
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| the level of wealth available to acquire material goods and comforts to maintain a particular socioeconomic lifestyle |
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| the consistency, or lack thereof, of an individual’s rank across social categories like income, education, and occupation |
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| a societal change that enables a whole group of people to move up or down the class ladder |
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| an increase—or upward shift—in social class |
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| the value of money and assets a person has from, for example, inheritance |
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