Termen H9 Flashcards
valuable goods
something that people value
between-country stratification
unequal distribution of valuable goods between countries
within-country stratification
unequal distribution of valuable goods within countries
social class
group of people who hold similar occupational positions
social status
subjective ranking of individuals or groups in terms of honor, esteem and respect
occupational prestige
subjective ranking of occupations in terms of prestige and respect
gini coefficient
measure of stratification in society which runs from 0 (all citizens have the same income/wealth/etc.) to 100 (a country’s entire income/wealth/etc. is in the hands of one single person)
intergenerational mobility
changing position between parents and their children in the stratification system
intragenerational mobility
changing position in the stratification system over the life course
mobility table
table which cross-classifies origin and destination position in the stratification system
absolute mobility
total number of positional changes
structural mobility
mobility that is due to changes in the volumes (margins) of available social positions
relative mobility
inequality between children from (different) social origins in their opportunity to access social positions
ascription
characteristics set at birth, such as family origin and ethnic origin
achievement
personal effort, skills, talent and performance
modernization and mobility proposition
the more modernized a society, the stronger the impact of achieved characteristics and the weaker the impact of ascribed characteristics on labor market position in that society
industrialization and mobility hypothesis
from the 19th century onward (industrialization), societies have witnessed a weaker impact of ascription and an increasing impact of achievement on labor market position
compensatory mechanism
strategic behavior of high-status parents to maintain their high status in times of modernization
cultural capital proposition
the more cultural capital children possess, the better their educational outcomes
