Class Specific
ranks groups of people according to their wealth, property, power, and prestige
What is Social Class?
the division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy
What is Social Stratification?
Two groups: capitalists and workers. The capitalists owned the means of production while the workers owned only their own labor. Classes controlled other classes. Classes would remain divided and workers would continue to be exploited
What is Marx and Social Stratification?
a measure of net worth that includes income, property, and other assets
What is Wealth?
poorly educated manual and service workers who may work full-time but remain near or below the poverty line
What is Working Poor?
an elite and largely self-sustaining group who possess most of the country’s wealth
What is Upper Class?
a concept that acknowledges that multiple dimensions of status and inequality intersect to shape who we are and how we live
What is Intersectionality?
all social structures are constructed from the building blocks of everyday interactions. Appearance shows a lot about social status and who people are. People judge based on one glance and they assume wealth and status.
What is Symbolic Interactionism and Social Statification?
the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and prestige
What is Social Inequality?
a description characterizing lower-level professional and management workers and highly skilled laborers in technical jobs
What is White Collar?
social class composed primarily of white collar workers with a broad range of education and incomes
What is Middle Class?
movement up or down the social ladder.
What is Vertical Social Mobility?
Emphasizes social order and solidarity based on values. There are roles that need to be filled and used to keep society functioning at all times. All roles serve a purpose so it is important to have the needed skills.
What is Structural Functionalism and Social Stratification?
a system in which rewards are distributed based on merit
What is Meritocracy?
a description characterizing skilled and semi-skilled workers who perform manual labor or work in service or clerical jobs
What is Blue Collar?
the poorest group, comprising the homeless and chronically unemployed who may depend on public or private assistance
What is Underclass?
refers to the changing of jobs within a social class, you do not move on the social ladder.
What is Horizontal Social Mobility?
Means of production is not the only way of gaining upper-class status. Wealth can come from income and property. Power should help determine a person’s class standing.
What is Weber and Social Stratification?
a situation in which an individual holds differing and contradictory levels of status in terms of wealth, power, prestige, or other elements of socioeconomic status
What is Status Inconsistency?
the tendency to choos romantic partners who are similar to us
What is Homogamy?
a measure of an individual's place within a social class system
What is SES?
changes in the social status of large numbers of people as a result of structural changes in a society
What is Social Mobility?
the tendency to choose romantic partners who are dissimilar to us
What is Heterogamy?