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soc quiz ch 8&9

TermDefinition
That it did little to reduce poverty in the US What did critics of the 1996 welfare reform argue?
A shift in the social position of large numbers of people due more to changes in society than to individual efforts Structure Mobility
Vertical Horizontal Intragenerational Intergenerational Types of Social Mobility
Vertical: A change in a persons social situation that involves a gain or loss in social status Horizontal: One that does NOT involve a gain or a loss in social status Intragenerational: within a generation Intergenerational: in comparison to another define types of Social Mobility: Vertical
People of high social position Who is most likely to vote,in the US?
$60,395 Medium income of families in 2010
social mobility is lowest for people at the top and bottom of the wealth hierarchy According to Lisa Keister’s research
Work involving mostly mental activity White-Collar Work
social stratification based entirely on personal merit The concept “meritocracy” refers to
the historical practice in England of passing down property to the only first-born male descendant the law of primogeniture
15.1% In 2010, about what share of the U.S. population was officially counted as poor?
ranking categories of people in a hierarchy Social Stratification
more important jobs must provide enough rewards to attract the talent necessary to perform them According to the Davis-Moore thesis,
Social Prestige and honor Max Weber claimed that agrarian societies give special importance to which dimension of social inequality?
a socioeconomic ranking Marx thought of inequality in terms of two main classes. In contrast, Weber envisioned inequality in
The total amount of financial assets, minus any debts Wealth
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