Social Stratification

Hierarchical arrangement of large social groups based on their control of basic resources

Max Weber's term for the extent to which individuals have access to important societal resources such as food, clothing, shelter, education, and health care

The movement of individuals or groups from one level in a stratification system to another

Intergenerational Mobility

Social movement experienced by family members from one generation to the next

Intragenerational Mobility

Social movement of individuals within their own lifetime

Flexible boundaries between level of hierarchy (e.g., positively or negatively influenced by achieved status)

Rigid boundaries between level of hierarchy (e.g. positions are set by ascribed status)

Extreme form of stratification in which some people are owned or controlled by others for the purpose of economic or sexual exploitation

4 Primary Characteristics of Slavery

Lifelong and inherited, considered property, denied rights, coercion used to keep enslaved people "in their place"

Type of stratification based on the ownership and control of resources and on the type of work that people do

Occurs when a gain or loss in position and/or income does not change current class status

Movement up or down the class structure

Capitalist Class (bourgeoisie)

Own and control the means of production

Working Class (proletariat)

Sell their labor to the owners in order to earn enough money to survive

Feeling of powerlessness and estrangement from other people and from oneself

Struggle between the capitalist class and the working class

Respect or regard in which a person is held (fame, honor, esteem)

Ability of people or groups to achieve their goals despite opposition from others

Value of all of a person or family's economic assets, including income, personal property, and income producing property

Pink-Collar Occupations

Relatively low paying, nonmanual, semiskilled positions primarily held by women (daycare workers, checkout clerks, restaurant servers, etc)

Blue-Collar Occupations

Perform manual labor/skilled trades

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Term	Definition
Social Stratification	Hierarchical arrangement of large social groups based on their control of basic resources
Life Chances	Max Weber's term for the extent to which individuals have access to important societal resources such as food, clothing, shelter, education, and health care
Social Mobility	The movement of individuals or groups from one level in a stratification system to another
Intergenerational Mobility	Social movement experienced by family members from one generation to the next
Intragenerational Mobility	Social movement of individuals within their own lifetime
Open System	Flexible boundaries between level of hierarchy (e.g., positively or negatively influenced by achieved status)
Closed System	Rigid boundaries between level of hierarchy (e.g. positions are set by ascribed status)
Slavery	Extreme form of stratification in which some people are owned or controlled by others for the purpose of economic or sexual exploitation
4 Primary Characteristics of Slavery	Lifelong and inherited, considered property, denied rights, coercion used to keep enslaved people "in their place"
Class System	Type of stratification based on the ownership and control of resources and on the type of work that people do
Horizontal Mobility	Occurs when a gain or loss in position and/or income does not change current class status
Vertical Mobility	Movement up or down the class structure
Capitalist Class (bourgeoisie)	Own and control the means of production
Working Class (proletariat)	Sell their labor to the owners in order to earn enough money to survive
Alienation	Feeling of powerlessness and estrangement from other people and from oneself
Class Conflict	Struggle between the capitalist class and the working class
Prestige	Respect or regard in which a person is held (fame, honor, esteem)
Power	Ability of people or groups to achieve their goals despite opposition from others
Wealth	Value of all of a person or family's economic assets, including income, personal property, and income producing property
Pink-Collar Occupations	Relatively low paying, nonmanual, semiskilled positions primarily held by women (daycare workers, checkout clerks, restaurant servers, etc)
Blue-Collar Occupations	Perform manual labor/skilled trades

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