Chapter 7 Flashcards
Social stratisfication
ranking people and rewards received often based on wealth, power and prestige
Income distribution
from 1970-2000 income for bottom 90% of tax payers dropped by 0.1%. Top 10% saw incomes increase significantly
Wealth inequality is ________
worsening
Social inequality
the unequal distribution of wealth, power or prestige
Caste system
born into a social class
Apartheid
20% Caucasians in Africa had power over Africans
Social class
a system of stratification based on wealth, property, prestige and power
Intersectionality
a concept on how different categories of inequality intersect to shape the lives of individuals and groups
High % of Americans living near or below ________ level
poverty
Power
the ability to carry out your will and impose it on others
Power elite
small group of people who have immense power
Prestige
level of esteem associated with one’s status and social standing
Upper class
1%, significant wealth
Upper middle class
15%, income over 100,000
Middle class
30%, 40-80k
10% of senior citizens live at the ______ line
poverty
Nearly 1/2 of the _______ in the US are poor or near poor
children
Urban underclass
social class living in disadvantaged neighborhoods, marked by poverty, family disruption, male unemployment and lack of role models in high status jobs
Poor neighborhoods increased problems are:
health, schools, employment, crime
Social mobility
ability to change social class
Functionalism ch7
social stratification is inevitable and helps in the smooth functioning of society
Conflict theory ch7
social inequality based on an unjust system and not the people who live under it
Symbolic interactionism ch7
how people perceive poverty and wealth
Social mobility
movement of individuals or groups within the system of social classes
Relative deprivation
measure of poverty based on living standards within a society
Absolute deprivation
objective measure of poverty based on inability to meet minimal standards of food, shelter, clothing, or health care
Culture of poverty
entrenched attitudes among the poor that leads to accepting their fate rather than attempting to improve their lot
Residential segregation
geographical separation of the poor from the rest of an areas population
