Social Stratification Flashcards
What are the basic principles of stratification?
Traits of society, not individual. Persists over generations. Universal, but variable. Involves not just inequality, but beliefs.
Stratification
A system by which a society ranks an individual or groups on the basis of unequal access to scarce resources and social reward. Implies inequality.
What is a caste system?
Social stratification based on the ascription or birth. Strict-can’t be within other social classes
What is a class system?
Social stratification based on birth and individual achievement.
What is an apartheid?
Any system or practice that separates people according to race, caste, etc.
What is an ascribed status?
Position in social system that’s beyond An individuals control.
What is an achieved status?
Position in social system that’s acquired on basis of merit, talents, ability.
White Collar
Higher prestige work that involves mostly mental activity
Blue-collar
Less prestige work, low class jobs, doesn’t pay very well.
What is meritocracy?
Social stratification based on personal merit
What is status consistency?
Degree of consistency and a person’s social standing across various dimensions of social inequality.
What is occupational prestige?
The rating of a job based on the social esteem/respects granted to an occupation.
What is the Davis-Moore thesis?
Social stratification has beneficial consequences to a society. A society has many different occupational positions. A society is a complex system. They work towards a stable society
What is the Karl Marx social conflict?
Inequality exists because those in control of a d disproportionate shared society’s resources actively defend the advantages
What is proletariat and bourgeoisie?
Proletariat- taken advantage of to maximize profit. High conflict.
Bourgeoisie- owners of land and industry equals profit.
What is income disparity?
Unequal distribution of household or individual income across the various participants in an economy.
What is capitalism?
Economic system which natural resources and businesses are privately owned
What is socialism?
Government controlled everything
What is communism?
All members of a society are socially equal.
What is horizontal and vertical mobility?
Horizontal mobility is the movement was in the same class. Vertical mobility is the movement from one class to another.
What is intergenerational mobility and intra generational mobility?
Intergenerational mobility is the movement between a person and the generations before them. Intra-generational mobility is the movement within one lifetime.
What is absolute poverty?
A minimum level of subsistence below which no family should be expected to live.
What is relative poverty?
View in which people at the bottom of the society are considered deprived or disadvantaged, in comparison to rest of society.
What is the AFDC?
Aid for families with dependent children. It helped take care of poor families with kids.
What is the TAFN?
Temporary assistance to needy families-cash assistance to families.
What is Social Security?
And assistance welfare type program designed to help with seniors, widows… Etc.
What is a poverty threshold?
And amounts of money and family makes can define if you’re poor or impoverished
