10A: Social inequality Flashcards
Residential Segregation
The idea that where one resides has a substantial effect on how people interact, cooperate and advance
Environmental Justice
Poor living conditions and dangerous environmental conditions can result in an increase in illness and disease. Poor and minority groups tend to reside closer to sites of environmental pollution
Social Class
A category of people who share similar socioeconomic position in society
Social Capital
Considered the investments people make in their society in return for economic or collective rewards
Social Stratification
A system that ranks members in hierarchy
Types of social inequality
Situational (socioeconomic) and Positional (connections)
Social Mobility
The degree to which one can move about class-wise in a society
Intergenerational Mobility
A change in social position that happens over multiple generations
Intragenerational Mobility
A change in social position that happens during one’s lifetime
Upward Mobility
A positive change in one’s personal status that results in a higher position
Downward Mobility
A negative change in one’s personal status that results in lower position
Meritocracy
Based on intellectual talent and achievement and is a means for a person to advance up the social ladder
Poverty
Low socioeconomic status and lack of possesions or financial resources
Social Reproduction
The idea that social inequalities can be reproduced from one generation to the next
Absolute Poverty
People do not have enough money or resources to maintain a quality of living that includes basic life necessities such as shelter, food, clothing and water.
