Chapter 8 Flashcards
Caste system
Social stratification based on ascription, or birth
Class system
Social stratification based on both birth and individual achievement
Blue-collar
of or relating to manual work or workers, particularly in industry
White collar
work is performed in an office, cubicle, or other administrative setting
Conspicuous consumption
involves buying and using products because of the “statement” they make
Intragenerational social mobility
Change in social position during a person’s lifetime
Intergenerational social mobility
Upward or downward movement that takes place across generations within a family
Ideology
Cultural beliefs that justify particular social arrangements, including patterns of inequality
Income
Earnings from work or investments
Wealth
Total value of money and other assets, minus outstanding debts
Relative poverty
Deprivation of some people in relation to those who have more
Feminization of poverty
result of rapidly increasing number of households at all class levels headed by single women
Upward social mobility
Modern China; The ability of individuals or groups to move upward in status based on wealth, occupation, education, or some other social variable
Horizontal social mobility
movement from one position to another within the same social level, as changing jobs without altering occupational status, or moving between social groups having the same social status
Meritocracy
Social stratification based on personal merit
