Sociology Chapter 7

socially defined position in a group or society

process by which different statuses develop in any group,organization, or society

system of a structured social inequality

the ownership of property and the exercise of power is monopolized by an elite who have total control over societal resources

one's place in the stratification system is an ascribed status

is the social structural position groups hold relative to the economic, social, political, and cultural resources of society

meaning the opportunites that people have in common by virtue of belonging to a particular class

process by which people end up in a given position in the stratification system...describes how factors such as class origins, education level, and occupation produce class location

value others assign to people in groups

the subjective evaluation people give to jobs

the total years of formal education,,,the more years the more likely a person will have higher class status

added to the lower class

a system in which one's status is based on merit or accompishments not other social characteristics

system in which one's status is based on merit or accompishments not other social characteristics

the perception that a class structure exists along with a feeling of shared identification with others in one class that is those who whom you share life chances

determines the consciousness of subordinate classes who had internalized the view of the dominant class

provided a complex and profound analysis of the class system under capitalism, an analysis that although more than 100 years old continues to inform sociological analyses and has been the basis for major world changes

refers to belief systems that support the status quo

agreed with marx that classes were formed around economic interest and he agreed that material forces have a powerful effect on people's lives

the amount of money needed to support the basic needs of a household...as determined by government

the increasing proportion of the poor who are women and children

attributed the major causes of poverty to the absence of work values and the irresponsibilty of the poor

stipulates a lifetime limit of five years for people to receive aid and requires all welfare recipients to find work within two years