On the Move
The movement of individuals between classes.
Social Mobility
Jenna cannot afford to feed her family, and their house has no electricity.
Underclass
The ability to control the behavior of others.
Power
A system in which social class is based on merit and individual effort.
Open-Class System
Total economic resources held by a group or person.
Wealth
Cheryl worked at the Prison in Boscobel, but transfered to do the same job in PdC because it's closer to home.
Horizontal Mobility
Owning a huge home with several cars and the having best of everything.
Upper Class
Relative this, is measured based on those at the bottom and the rest of society.
Poverty
A system that does not allow social mobility.
Caste System
The hierarchical ranking of a society into layers or strata.
Social Stratification
Harvey lost his job when the meat packing plant closed.
Downward Mobility
Owning a house, a car, and enough money to meet your basic needs.
Middle Class
Living paycheck to paycheck and having just enough money for basic needs is classified as the working this.
Poor
Certain Systems have been put in place to help struggling families, such as TANF...short for this.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Development of an increasingly integrated global economy.
Globalization
When the previous principal retired, the school board promoted the High School english teacher as the new Principal.
Vertical Mobility
Working Class
Recognition, respect, and admiration attached to social positions.
Prestige
TANF was eventually replaced with AFDC, which stands for this.
Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Absence of enough money to secure life's necessities.
Absolute Poverty
Though Maria does not have a job, her family's reputation has gotten her into all the exclusive restaurants and country clubs.
Intergenerational Mobility
Identification with the goals and interests of a social class.
Class Consciousness
Class that labors without owning the means of production.
Proletariat
System indicators to measure poverty in low-income countries include many factors. Name one.
Quality of life
Infant mortality & Life expectancy
Children underweight
Literacy
Gender Equality
The class that owns the means of production.
Bourgeoisie