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Sociology - Exam 3 - Part 2 - Chapter 8 & 9

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system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy   Social Stratification  
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one person owns another   Chattel slavery  
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employers hold workers captive by paying them too little to meet their debts   Debt bondage  
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movement of men, women & children from one place to another for the purpose of forced labor   Human trafficking  
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social stratification based on ascription or birth   Caste System  
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marriage within caste   endogamy  
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social stratification based on both birth & individual achievement   Class System  
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based on personal merit   Meritocracy  
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social stratification has beneficial consequences for society   Davis-Moore Thesis  
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More important positions must be filled by the more qualified people   Structural Functional  
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Some positions are more important than others   Structural Functional  
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Said social stratification is based on relationship to the means of production   Karl Marx, Social Conflict  
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owners & operators   Capitalists  
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sell their labor   Proletariats  
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Said Social class is 3 dimensional   Max Weber, Social Conflict  
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3 dimensions of Max Weber's theory   Class (position), Status (prestige), Power  
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ranking based on various dimensions of social inequality   Socioeconomic status (SES)  
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buying & using products with an eye to the “statement” they make about social position   Conspicuous consumption  
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Four general rankings of Social Class in the U.S.   Upper, Middle, Working, Lower  
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Severities of Poverty   Relative, Absolute, Official  
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The working rich   lower uppers  
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