This makes up 20 to 25 percent of the population and disproportionately consists of Blacks, Hispanics, single mother with dependent children and those who cannot find regular work.
What is the lower class?
100
The movement of individuals or groups from one position in a society's stratification system to another.
What is social mobility?
100
"Social stratification helps fill social positions" represents this type of perspective.
What is functionalist?
100
an economic system in which the means of production are largely held in private hands, and the main incentive for economic activity is accumulation of profit.
What is capitalism?
200
The accumulation of assets an individual has.
What is wealth?
200
Conspicuous consumption is commonly associated with this class.
What is the upper class?
200
The ability to be socially mobile is hindered in systems where there is a caste. What is this system called?
What is a closed system?
200
"Social inequality is necessary" represents what perspective?
What is functionalist?
200
Employment that is poorly paid, and from the worker's perspective, insecure and unprotected.
What is precarious work?
300
A minimum level of subsistence that no family should be expected to live below.
What is absolute poverty?
300
This class is shrinking in size due to various economic pressures
What is the middle class?
300
American culture ideology perpetuates that social mobility is possible because the U.S. is in this kind of system.
What is an open system?
300
"Those in the upper class use the dominant ideology to amass power" represents what perspective?
What is conflict?
300
The long-term poor who lack training and skills.
What is the underclass?
400
A floating standard of deprivation
What is relative property?
400
Members of this class may make more money than those in the lower middle class. Jobs associated with this class include skilled manual labor.
What is the working class?
400
One's class membership affects a person's ability to make this kind of choices about what to consume.
What are life chances?
400
Class is related to exercising one's will over others, known as this.
What is power?
400
Class, status group and power are all components of this.
What is social stratification?
500
EXPLAIN THE FUNCTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE OF POVERTY!
"DAILY DOUBLE!"
DOUBLE POINTS
500
ACHIEVED STATUS AND ASCRIBED STATUS IN THE CLASS SYSTEM! DAILY DOUBLE!
DOUBLE POINTS!
500
Is social mobility achieved or ascribed? REFLECTIVE QUESTION!
points awarded on ARGUMENT!
500
The gulf between the rich and everyone else could lead to this.
What is class warfare?
500
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIERARCHY AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION? BONUS POINTS!