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| 4 societal divisions based on status that go into class |
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1. income
2. wealth
3. occupational prestige
4. education |
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| Sociologists & criminologists often refer to a person's class as their _____ |
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| socioeconomic status (or SES) |
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| 2 things whose relationship defines & structures class for Marx |
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1. work & labor
2. ownership of property & means of production |
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| 4 main classes in capitalist society |
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1. Bourgeoisie (the owners of capital, the means of production, & the ability to purchase the labor of others)
2. petite bourgeoisie (own sufficient means of production & property, but still must work in order to survive - small manufacturers & business owners, artisans & craftsmen)
3. proletariat (the working class who only have their labor to sell)
4. lumpenproletariat (the unemployed & unemployable, the social riff-raff) |
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| sources of individual revenue over some period of time |
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| money coming in to your household |
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| your assets at a single point in time (minus what you owe others - debts & outstanding loans) |
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1. property
2. cars
3. stocks
4. bonds
5. mutual funds
6. savings accounts |
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| 6 forms of inequality between class gaps that makes mobility difficult |
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1. family structure
2. parenting styles
3. school test scores
4. college attendance & graduation
5. employment opportunities
6. neighborhood conditions |
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| Robert Merton's theory that states that we are all brought up in a culture that emphasizes material & monetary success |
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| the culture of the American Dream & anomie theory; people move ahead solely based on their abilities |
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| the disjunction between ideal & reality causes people to feel _____ & adapt to reach goals through other means, including crime |
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| an organization that is approved to act as a "legal person" for some activities |
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