Chapter 12: Social Stratification Flashcards
What is intersectionality?
The compounding of disadvantage seen individuals who belong to more than one oppressed group.
What is social mobility?
The result of an economic and occupational structure that allows one to acquire higher level employment opportunities given proper credentials and experience requirements.
What is the difference between vertical and horizontal mobility?
Vertical: movement from one social class to another Horizontal: Change in occupation or lifestyle that remains within the same social class
What is social reproduction?
The idea that social inequality (like poverty) can be reproduced or passed on from one generation to the next.
What is the difference between relative and absolute poverty?
Absolute: socioeconomic condition in which people do not have enough money to maintain a quality of living that includes basic life necessities (shelter, food, water)
Relative: One is poor in comparison to the larger population in which they live.
What is gentrification?
When upper and middle class populations begin to purchase and renovate neighborhoods in deteriorated areas, displacing the low-SES population.
What is the difference between incidence and prevalence?
Incidence = NEW cases / population AT RISK / time
Prevalence = TOTAL cases / TOTAL population / time
Note: if you already have an illness, you’re no longer at risk!
What is socioeconomic status determined by?
It is determined by ACHIEVED status (merit) and ASCRIBED status (external characteristics or outward appearance like race and gender).
What is class consciousness?
The organization of the working class around shared goals and recognition of a need for collective political action
What are anomic conditions in society?
Anomie refers to lack of social norms or the BREAK DOWN of social bonds between an individual and society.
Anomic conditions include social inequality, isolation, excessive individualism.
