Social Class 12.1 [HY] Flashcards

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Social cohesion

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the solidarity and sense of connectedness among different social groups and social classes in society

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Social stratification

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focuses on social inequalities and studies the basic question of who gets what and why

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Ascribed status

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derives from clearly identifiable characteristics, such as age, gender, and skin color

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Achieved status

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acquired via direct, individual efforts. In other words, ascribed status is involuntary, while achieved status is obtained through hard work or merit

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Educational attainment

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the highest degree obtained, or number of years of education completed

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Socioeconomic gradient

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proportional improvement in healthcare as one moves up in socioeconomic status

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Power

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ability to affect others’ behavior through real or perceived rewards and punishments, and is based on the unequal distribution of valued resources

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Class consciousness

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  • refers to the organization of the working class around shared goals and recognition of a need for collective political action
  • the proletariat could revolt and take control of the political and economic system, laying the groundwork for a socialist
    state.
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False consciousness

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a misperception of one’s actual position within society

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Anomie

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  • further accelerates social inequality
  • refers to a lack of widely
    accepted social norms and the breakdown of social bonds between an individual and society
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Strain theory

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  • focuses on how anomic conditions can lead to deviance
  • erode social solidarity
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Social Solidarity

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the sense of community and social cohesion

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How does social trust form?

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  • from two primary sources: social norms of reciprocity and social networks
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Social capital

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  • the investment people make in their society in return for economic or collective rewards
  • Higher lvl means higher social integration
  • the benefits one receives from group association
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Social integration

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the movement of new or underrepresented populations into a larger culture while maintaining their ethnic identities

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Inequality created by social networks

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  • situational (socioeconomic advantage) and positional (based on how
    connected one is within a network and one’s centrality within that network)
  • Inequality in networks creates and reinforces privilege
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Cultural capital

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  • the benefits one receives from knowledge, abilities,
    and skills.
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Strong Ties

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peer group and kinship contacts, which are quantitatively small but qualitatively powerful

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Weak ties

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social connections that are personally superficial, such as associates, but that are large in number and provide connections to a wide range of other individuals

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Intersectionality

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the compounding of disadvantage seen in individuals who belong to more than one underserved group

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Social mobility (structural
mobility)

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typically the result of an economic and occupational structure that allows one to acquire higher-level employment opportunities given proper credentials and experience requirements

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Intragenerational mobility

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changes in social status that happen within a person’s lifetime

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Intergenerational mobility

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changes in social status from parents to children

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Meritocracy

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a social structure in which intellectual talent and achievement are means for a person to advance up the social ladder

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Plutocracy
a rule by the upper classes
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Vertical mobility
Upward and downward mobility
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Horizontal mobility
change in occupation or lifestyle by an individual that keeps that individual within the same social class
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Social reproduction
- Ex. Social inequality, especially poverty (but also inherited wealth), can be reproduced or passed on from one generation to the next
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Structural poverty
“holes” in the structure of society being more responsible for poverty than the actions of any individual.
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Social exclusion
can arise from a sense of powerlessness when individuals who are poor or otherwise disadvantaged feel segregated and isolated from society
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Spatial inequality
- focuses on social stratification across territories and their populations - Space can be used to reinforce existing inequalities and can even amplify their effects, particularly poverty,
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Urban renewal
- City land is reclaimed and renovated for public or private use - often fueled by gentrification
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"Doughnut" of Socioeconomic Status
Urban centers tend to contain lower- SES communities, surrounded by a ring of middle- to upper-SES suburbs. Further out are lower-SES exurbs and rural areas.
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World system theory
categorizes countries and emphasizes the inequalities of the division of labor at the global level
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Core nations
focus on higher skills and higher paying productions
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Peripheral nations
- Have lower-skilled productions
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Semi-peripheral nations
midway between the two—these nations work toward becoming core nations, while having many characteristics of peripheral nations.