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Social Inequality Flashcards

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Social stratification

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A hierarchy in which groups have different statuses and different levels of privilege.

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Social class

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A group of people having the same social and economic status.

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Age

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Age is a form of stratification.

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Status

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A position that someone has in society.

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Power

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The ability to influence people’s behaviour.

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Industrial societies

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Societies that use technology for mass production, in contrast to traditional societies.

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Minority group

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A category of people lacking power; can be based on factors such as religion, disability and age.

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Slavery

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A stratification system in which one group is treated as the legal property of another group.

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Caste

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A closed stratification system traditionally found in India.

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Closed society

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A society in which mobility between different levels of stratification is not possible.

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Ascribed status

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A status that is given to individuals by their society or group, over which they have little or no control.

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Traditional societies

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Societies that are still predominantly agricultural and have not yet become industrial.

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Discrimination

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When an individual or group suffers a disadvantage because of their characteristics, for example being refused a job.

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Ageism

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Prejudice or discrimination against someone based on their age.

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Achieved status

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A status that individuals acquire through their own effort.

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Life chances

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The opportunities that people have to improve their lives.

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Human rights

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A wider category than civil rights, including political rights.

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Civil rights

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Rights that protect the freedom of individuals.

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Working class

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Manual or blue-collar workers.

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Fatalism

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Individuals’ belief that they cannot control what happens to them.

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Deferred gratification

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Being able to set long-term goals, planning for the future.

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Immediate gratification

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Choosing instant satisfaction rather than waiting for a greater reward in the future.

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Middle class

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Professional and other non-manual workers, below the upper class and above the working class.

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Professional worker

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Someone who works as a professional, such as a lawyer and architect.

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Minority ethnic group

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A minority group with a distinct national or cultural tradition.

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Social inequality

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The inequality between groups in a stratification system, for example in income or wealth.

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Wealth

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Money, savings and property that can be bought and sold to generate income.

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Distribution of wealth

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The way in which wealth is distributed.

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Income

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The sum of earnings from work and other sources.

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Welfare state

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The way in which governments try to provide for the less well off and reduce social inequality.

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Meritocracy

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A society in which individuals achieve the level that their talents and abilities deserve.

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Redistribution of wealth

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Advocated by Marxists and others to achieve greater equality by giving some of the wealth of the better off to those who are less wealthy.

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Dependency culture

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A set of values leading people to lose the ability to look after themselves so they become dependent, for example, on welfare benefits.

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Underclass

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A group below the working class that is effectively cut off from the rest of society.

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Maxism

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A theoretical perspective that sees conflict between classes the most important feature of society.

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Equal opportunities

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When all people are given the same chances (for example, in applying for a job) regardless of differences such as age, gender and social class.

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Disability

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Covers a wide range of types of impairment in how the body functions in carrying out activities.

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Relative poverty

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Being poor in relation to others in the same society.

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Absolute poverty

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Being without some or all of the basic necessities of life.

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Poverty line

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The level of income below which people are judged to be in poverty.

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Cycle of poverty

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When poverty tends to be inherited, so the new generation cannot escape the poverty of their parents.

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Poverty trap

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When poor people are unable to escape from being poor.

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Culture of poverty

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When poor people have a set of values that keep them in poverty.

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Social exclusion

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People who are unable to take part in the society in the same way as most people are excluded from social goods.

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Capitalism

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The economic system of most countries today based on private ownership of the means of production.

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Bourgeoisie

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The ruling or upper class in Marxist class theory.

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Reserve army of labour

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People who are employed when an economy is booming or when they are needed, but then are out of work when they are not required.

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Lifestyle

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The way of life of an individual, group or culture.

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Privileged groups

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Groups enjoying higher status than others or material advantages.

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Racism

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Prejudice or discrimination against an individual or group because of their ethnicity or perceived race.

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Prejudice

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An unexamined opinion that a group of people are inferior or different.

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Institutional racism

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When the way that an organisation works has racist results, even when individuals do not intend this.

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Elite

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A privileged group at the top of a stratification system.

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Apartheid

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The stratification system in South Africa until 1994 based on keeping racial groups apart.

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Unskilled worker

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Workers who need no or minimal training to perform their work.

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Skilled worker

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Workers who need skills acquired through training to perform their work.

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Scapegoating

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When individuals or groups are blamed and sometimes punished for something which is not their fault.

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Domestic labour

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The work that has to be done within the home, such as housework; understanding how domestic labour is divided is important for understanding gender inequality in families.

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Feminism

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Political movement and sociological perspective advocating equality of the sexes.

IGCSE Sociology (3 decks)

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