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Lesson 5 Flashcards

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Lesson 5

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Social and Political Stratification

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Division of large social groups into smaller groups based on categories determined by economics

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Social Stratification

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Refers to the process by which individuals are cut off from full involvement in the wider circles of society

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Social Exclusion

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Marriage between people who come from different social classes

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Exogamous

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Marriage between people from the same social class

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Endogamous

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Another system of stratification that is determined by personal effort and merit

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Meritocracy

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Take a critical view of social stratification and considers society as benefitting only a small segment

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Conflict theory

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Refrains from looking into the larger structural factors that define social stratification and contribute to inequality and poverty

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Symbolic Interactionalism

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Buying certain products to make a social statement about status

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Theory of Conspicuous Consumption

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Upward movement in social class

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Upward Mobility

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Lowering of an individual’s social class
May be brought by economic setbacks, unemployment, illness, and dropping out of school

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Downward Mobility

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Focuses on the experience of people who belong to the same generation

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Intragenerational Mobility

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Changes in social standing experienced by individuals belonging to different generations

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Intergenerational Mobility

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Large-scale changes in society can result in the improvement or decline of the conditions and status of a large group of people

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Structural Mobility

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Essential characteristic based on the economic structure of society

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Class

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Esteem or social honor given to certain individuals or groups

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Status

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Usually composed of the rich, well-born, powerful, or a combination of these

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Upper Class

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Group of people who fall socioeconomically between the lower or upper classes

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Middle Class

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Employed in low-paying wage jobs with very little economic security

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Lower Class

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Segment of society that is not only affected by poverty but is also subject to social exclusion

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Underclass

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Lack of basis resources like food, clean water, safe housing, and access to health care needed to maintain a quality lifestyle

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Absolute Poverty

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Applies to those who may be able to obtain basic necessities but are still unable to maintain an average standard of living compared to the rest of society

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Relative Poverty

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Type of poverty that is defined by how an individual evaluates his or her actual income against his/her expectations and perceptions

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Subjective Poverty

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important concept which refers to how a person identifies himself/herself as belonging to a particular gender

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Gender Identity

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Explain gender inequality in terms of social and cultural attitudes

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Liberal Feminists

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Men are responsible for the exploitation of women through patriarchy

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RADICAL FEMINISTS

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Identifies factors such as class and ethnicity, in addition to gender, as essential for understanding the oppression experienced by non-white women

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BLACK FEMINISTS

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It refers to a group of people who are common ancestry

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RACE

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It refers to a set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices used to justify the superior treatment of one racial or ethnic group and the interior treatment of another racial or ethnic group

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RACISM

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It refers to the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and prestige on a global basis, highlighting patterns of social inequality ang resulting in people having vastly different lifestyles and opportunities both within ang and among the nations of the world

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GLOBAL STRATIFICATION

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Claims that cultural and institutional barriers to development explain poverty in low-income countries

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MARKET-ORIENTED THEORIES

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Claim that global poverty is the result of exploitation or poor countries by wealthy ones, thereby creating a cycle of dependence

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DEPENDENCY THEORIES

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Focuses on the relationship among the core, peripherd, and semi peripheral countries in the global economy

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WORLD-SYSTEMS THEORY

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role of governments in fostering economic development

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STATE-CENTERED THEORIES

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