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Chapter 5
Term | Definition |
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Identity | How people make sense of themselves and how they see themselves at different scales |
Identifying Against | Constructing an identity by first defining an “other” and then defining self “not the other.” |
Gender | Socially constructed ideas of roles, behaviors, and activities that are appropriate for men and women. |
Race | social constructions of differences among people based on skin color. Such constructions have had profound consequences on rights and opportunities. |
Residential Segregation | the “degree to which two or more groups live separately from one another” within an urban area. |
Succession | Process by which new immigrants move to a city and take over areas or neighborhoods occupied by older immigrant groups. |
Ethnicity | identity shared by a group of people who have a common culture, generally based on cultural traits (religion, language), national origin, or race. |
Structures of Power | assumptions and relationships dictating who is in control and who has power over others |
Sexuality | sexual orientation or preference identified by a person |
Intersectionality | the overlap or interconnection between social groups, including race, gender, class, and sexuality. |
Gross National Income | measurement of a country’s wealth that includes the total value of all goods and services produced within the borders of a country, plus income received from investments outside of the country in a year. |
Formal Economy | what is reported to and taxed by government |
Informal Economy | economic activities not counted or taxed by government |
Vulnerability | Probability of destruction of life or property from a hazard or crisis. |
Sex Ratio | the ratio of males relative to females in a population |
Dowry | a price paid in cash and gifts by the bride’s family to the groom’s father |
Barrioization | (derived from the Spanish word for neighborhood, barrio) to describe a change that saw the Hispanic population of a neighborhood jump from 4 percent in 1960 to over 90 percent in 2000. |