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contradictory class locations |
Erik Wright's term for a position in the class structure that generates contradictory interests |
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culture of poverty |
assumption that the values and behaviors of the poor make them fundamentally different from other people, and that these factors are largely responsible for their poverty |
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downward social mobility |
movement down the social class ladder |
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exchange mobility |
about the same numbers of people moving up and down the social class ladder, such that, on balance, the social class system shows little change |
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feminization of poverty |
the situation that most poor families in the US are headed by women |
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income |
money received, usually from a job, business, or assets |
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intergenerational mobility
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the change that family members make in social class from one generation to the next
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poverty line |
the official measure of poverty; calculated to include the incomes that are less than three times a low-cost food budget |
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power |
the ability to get your way, despite resistance |
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power elite |
C. Wright Mills' term for those who make the big decisions in US society |
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prestige |
respect or regard |
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property |
material possessions: animals, bank accounts, bonds, buildings, businesses, cars, machinery, jewelry, furniture, land, and stocks |
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social class |
according to Weber, a large group of people who rank close to one another in property, prestige, and power |
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status |
the position that someone occupies in a social group |
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status consistent |
ranking high or low on all three dimensions of social class |
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status inconsistency |
ranking high on some dimensions of social class and low on others |
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structural mobility |
movement up or down the social class ladder that is due to changes in the structure of society, not to individual efforts |
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underclass |
a group of people, concentrated in the inner city, who have little or no connection with the job market and next to no chance to climb the social ladder |
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upward social mobility |
movement up the social class ladder |
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wealth |
the total value of everything one owns, minus the debts |
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Karl Marx |
believed that there were only two social classes: the capitalists and the workers. Membership is based on a person's relationship to the means of production |
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C. Wright Mills |
used the term "power elite" to describe the top decision-makers in the nation |
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Max Weber |
developed the definition of social class that is used by most sociologists. He noted that social class is made up of a large group of people who rank close to one another in terms of property, power, and prestige |
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Erik Wright |
proposed an updated version of Marx's theory of stratification |