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23 Cards in this Set
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stratification
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system which society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy;layers according to power, prestige, and property
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Solutions for poverty
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remove obstacles for employment; improve edu; family strength
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Status inconsistency
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(Ray Gold)
janitors that are unionized made more $ than imp jobs(teachers...) |
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Socail mobility
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-intergenerational-generation to generation
-structural-no indiv efforts -exchange-stays the same |
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Factors to determine a persons status
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-power
-wealth -personal prestige -occupational -education -pattern of diff. interaction -class consciousness -value and goal similarity |
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Horatio Alger Myth
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(functionalist)
"rags to riches" "try and succeed", belief serves as a motivator |
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Consequences of classes
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Health-die diff ages,nutrution
Family life-rich/poor,divorce Religion-styles of worship Political-vote patterns,laws |
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Poverty
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-Am dream is a misnorm to most
-comes and goes, can be caused be trauma -generally short lived |
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Erik Olin Wrights classes
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-prob with diff types of workers and managers
Capitalist Petty Bourgeosie Managers Workers |
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Patterns of poverty
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-in the south more
-often in rural areas -less educated -Female headed families -Af. Am. and latinos |
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August Hollingshed
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performed a study on stratification, Elmstown Youth
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poverty line
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official measure of poverty;1960's=poor thought to spend 1/3 of earnings on food;these #'s have changed but the law has not and that effects $ given to poor
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Erik Olin Wright
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noticed contradicting class locations, where the class has contradictory interests
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Welfare Reform
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1960'a; people must look for work while on welfare
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Conflict theory of stratification
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(marx and weber)
no clear cut def'n; each have diff lifestyles; marx=determine by those who hold the means of production weber=lrge grp that rank close to another in wealth, power and prestige |
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Conflict theory of stratification
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result from desire of power; compete for higher power of scarce resources;awards from inheritance,coercion and explotation
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Functional theory of stratification
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(davis and moore)
it is a functional imperative for society to be stratified..it must be;group life could not be w/out it; motivates, desires; |
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Income
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salary, wages, other earnings
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weatlh
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property, assets and income
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Kohl and Gilberts 6 classes
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-issues in each, old rich vs new rich
Capitalists Upper Middle Lower Middle Working Class Working Poor Underclass |
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Theories of stratification
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Functional and Conflict
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Socail Class
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no clear cut def'n; each have diff lifestyles;
marx=determine by those who hold the means of production weber=lrge grp that rank close to another in wealth, power and prestige |
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Distrubution of wealth
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-1% of US families earn more than entire 90%
-CEO's are the richest -wealth and power form a grp |
