Ch. 8 Social Stratification Flashcards
This is the Hierarchical differences and inequalities in economic positions, as well as in other important areas, especially political power and status, or social power
Social Stratification
What are the three dimensions of social stratification?
- Status
- Power
- Class
This is one’s economic position in the social stratification system. Especially one’s occupation which strongly determines and reflects one’s income and wealth.
Social Class
This relates to the presitge attached to one’s positions in society.
Social Status
This is the ability to get others to do what you want them to do, even if it is against their will.
Social Power
The young Baron From Germany, portrayed in the film, The One Percent, talks about his hiring of a publicist, stating its not enough to be wealthy. He says in America, I am a nobody. This represents the importance of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ status in stratification. A. Socio Economic B. Ascribed C. Celebrity D. None Of the Above
Celebrity
In the film, The One Percent, Johnson described the three factors that led to the gentrification of Chicago. These were:
- Building bigger police departments
- Tearing down schools
- Tearing down basketball courts
According to lecture, over 70% of assets of the 200,000 corporations in America are held by:
100 of them or .0005%
The American dream is the belief that we start at a level playing field and if people work hard and play by the rules, then they will have a chance to be successful. Tumin argues that we would have a _________ if this were true.
Meritocracy
According to __________ theory, there is less consensus than we realize when it comes to determining what social positions are most important and deserve greater rewards. theorists with this theoretical perspective, “go for the throat” and attack the premise of stratification.
Conflict
According to the film Smile or Die, Barbara Ehrenreich attributes the lack of dissent among corporate managers as positive thinking, which she considers a form of social control. Dr. H compared this to _______
Groupthink
________ defined social class as a division between the capitalists, who owned the means of production, and the proletariat, who lacked the means of production, thus creating a hierarchical stratification system
Karl Marx
Bill has been working at Wal-Mart as a cashier for 5 years, and makes $20,000 a year. Jane has been working at Target in customer service for 4 years, and makes $22,000. According to this data, we can conclude Bill and Jane are in the same ________.
Social Class
Jennifer Lopez is a very wealthy television star, singer, and dancer, yet she has very little poser in the political world. This is an example of __________.
Status inconsistency
John is a stockbroker who makes $100,000 a year. He also makes $20,000 a year from rental properties. Both of these are examples of John’s yearly ________.
Income
__________ is measured by calculating the basic nutritional food costs as one-third household income and two-thirds non-food costs.
Relative Poverty
According to lecture, the poorest 20% of Americans have a negative net worth. This is described as ________.
Asset poverty
Using small children’s blocks to add each $500 in income, while most U.S. incomes would reach just a few feet, for about one percent of the population, the height would reach as high as _________.
The highest point on Mount Everest.
Sociologists measure SES using _______, & ______ and income.
Occupation, and Income
The most important source of prestige and best indicator of class position in the United States is a person’s _________.
Occupation
According to lecture, wealth is defined as _________
what you own minus what you owe.
According to Max Weber, the term ________ refers to the extent to which individuals have access to important societal resources such as food, clothing and shelter.
AHHH IDK FUCK!
There are no longer any systems of slavery in place. True or False?
False
Weber’s three dimensions of social stratification included all of the following except:
Means of Production
In the U.S., education is the most important indicator of social class.
False
This is the life long status determined by birth, based on parent’s ascribed status, with no mobility.
Caste System
What is an example of the caste system in the U.S.?
Discrimination against interracial marriages.
What are the different types of social mobility?`
- Intergenerational- moving from one generation to the next.
- Intragenerational- taking place during one’s lifetime
- Structural and Exchange- Societal Forces
Define the Percentage of each Stratification class.
- Upper-upper class: 0.5%
- Lower-Upper class: 0.5%
- Upper-Middle Class: 14%
- Middle Class- 30%
- Working Class- 30%
- Working Poor- 20%
- Underclass- 5%
Marx said class is determined by a person’s relationship to ___________.
Means of Production
Weber claims that class is determined by, ______, __________, & _________.
Wealth, Power, and Prestige.
Define what a functional theorist would say about Stratification.
- Some positions are more important than others
- Important positions must be filled by qualified people.
- qualified people have talents that must be translated into skills
- for their sacrifice, society must reward them.
- Stratification is necessary for society to function
- Stratification is inevitable- FUNCTIONAL
- Inequality should be left to evolve on its own.
How do we rank occupations?
- Pay
- Service to Humanity
- Education
- Abstract thinking for job
- Social Prestige
- Autonomy (creative decision making opportunities)
Define what a Conflict theorist would say about Stratification?
Rewards are given to those in power or those who serve to keep the powerful as they are.
What are some of the reasons for Income inequality?
Deindustrialization, Technological Advances, Political Climate, Tax Cuts, Fewer Federal Benefits, Incomes for executives and superstars in sports and entertainment have skyrocketed.
The top 1% earn ________ % of U.S. incomes
23.5 or 40.2% of wealth
The top 20% earn ________ % of the U.S. incomes.
72%
Top 10% own what percent of wealth
91.9%
What percentage of people over the age of 65 would go into poverty if Social Security was abolished?
50%
In 2011 what percent of all persons lived in poverty?
15.1% = 47 million = 1 in 7
What is the number of people who are “food insecure”?
56 Million
What is the number of people uninsured?
50.7 Million
Kids represent what percent of poverty?
36% or 16.4 million
In what ways does education affect poverty?
Give percentages for education level completed.
No Diploma= 22.4
H.S. Grad= 12
Some College= 8.2
College or more= 3.9
What is the percent of Female headed households that live in poverty?
31.6%
How much would a family of Four need to make in minimum wage to meet their families basic needs?
$13.70
This is the absolute measure that makes it clear as to what level of income people need to make in order to survive.
Absolute Poverty
This is a position acquired by people on the basis of what they accomplish or the nature of their capacities.
Achieved Status
A position in which people are placed, or to which they move, but the position has nothing to do with what people do or the nature of their capacities.
Ascribed Status
Concern for how some people, irrespective of income, are or feel themselves to be poor than others.
Relative Poverty
