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Socio Ch. 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Social Stratification | a society's ranking of people based on their access to valued resources such as wealth, power, and prestige |
| Slavery System | people own others as property and have almost total control over their lives |
| Caste System | people's positions are ascribed at birth and largely fixed |
| Class System | people's positions are based on both birth and achievement |
| Social Class | people who have a similar standing or rank in a society based on wealth, education, power, prestige, and valued resources |
| Wealth | Economic assets that a person or family owns |
| Income | the money a person receives, usually through wages or salaries, but can also include other earnings |
| Prestige | respect or recognition attached to social positions |
| Power | the ability to influence or control the behavior of others despite opposition |
| Socioeconomic Status | an overall ranking of a person's position in society based on income, education, and occupation |
| Working Poor | people who work at least 27 weeks a year but whose wages fall below the official poverty level |
| Underclass | people who are persistently poor and seldom employed, residentially segregated, and relatively isolated from the rest of the population |
| Absolute Poverty | not having enough money to afford the basic necessities of life |
| Relative Poverty | not having enough money to maintain an average standard of living |
| Poverty Line | the minimal income level that the federal government considers necessary for basic subsistence |
| Feminization of Poverty | the disproportionate number of the poor who are women |
| Social Mobility | movement from one social class to another |
| Intragenerational Mobility | movement up or down a social class over one's lifetime |
| Intergenerational Mobility | movement up or down a social class over 2 or more generations |
| Global Stratification | worldwide inequality patterns that result from differences in wealth, power, and prestige |
| Infant Mortality Rate | the number of babies under age 1 who die per 1,000 live births in a given year |
| Davis- Moore Thesis | the functionalist view that social stratification benefits a society |
| Meritocracy | a belief that social stratification is based on people's accomplishments |
| Bourgeoisie | those who own and control capital and the means of production |
| Proletariat | workers who sell their labor for wages |
| Corporate Welfare | subsidies, tax breaks, and assistance that the government has created for businesses |
| Gender Stratification | unequal access to wealth, power, status, prestige, and other valued resources because of one's sex |
| Vertical Mobility | movement up or down through a society's stratification system |
| Episodic Poverty | being poor for at least 2 consecutive months in some time period |
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