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| A minimum level of subsistence below which no family should be expected to live. |
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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 that is assigned to a person by society without regard for the person’s unique talents or characteristics. |
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| Karl Marx’s term for the capitalist class, comprising the owners of the means of production. |
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| An 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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| A hereditary rank, usually religiously dictated, that tends to be fixed and immobile. |
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| A group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income. |
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| In Karl Marx’s view, a 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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| A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility. |
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| A social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual social mobility. |
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| Tax breaks, direct payments, and grants that the government makes to corporations. |
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| The relative lack of access to the latest technologies among low-income groups,racial and ethnic minorities, rural residents, and the citizens of developing countries |
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| A set of cultural beliefs and practices that help to maintain powerful social,economic, and political interests. |
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| A system of stratification under which peasants were required to work land leased to them by nobles in exchange for military protection and other services. Also known as feudalism. |
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| The reputation that a particular individual has earned within an occupation. |
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| A term used by Karl Marx to describe an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect their objective position. |
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| A trend in which women constitute an increasing proportion of the poor people of the United States. |
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The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same
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| Intergenerational mobility |
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| Changes in the social position of children relative is their parents. |
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| intragenerational mobility |
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| Changes in social position within a person adult life. |
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| The opportunity people have provide themselves material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable life experiences. |
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| A technique for measuring social class that assigned individuals who classes based on the bias of criteria such as occupation, education, income, and place of residence. |
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| A social system in which the position of an individual is influenced by his or her achieved status. |
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| The ability to exercise one's will over others. |
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| Employment that is poorly paid, and from the workers perspective, insecure and unprotected. |
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| The respect and admiration that an occupation holds in a society. |
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| Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society. |
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| A floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society, whatever their lifestyle, are judged to be disadvantage in comparison with the nation as a whole. |
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| A system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other people. |
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| A condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige, or power. |
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| Movement of individuals or groups from one position in a society stratification system to another. |
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| A measure of social class that is based on income, education, and occupation. |
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| People who have the safer speech or lifestyle, independent of their class position. |
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| A structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates an equal economic rewards and how in a society. |
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| The long-term poor lack training and skills. |
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| The movement of an individual from one position to another of a different rank. |
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| An inclusive term in compromising all a person's material assets, including laying, stocks, and other types of property. |
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