Classes
Explained as a socioeconomic classes-higher, middle, and lower class
What is social class?
How one's numerous social and political identities interact to produce various forms of privilege and prejudice
What is Intersectionality
individuals who are employed but whose incomes fall below a certain poverty level as a result of low-paying employment and low household income
What is classified as the Working Poor
1. Uses commonplace human interactions to describe society as a whole 2. Uses the division of a community into classes that are superimposed on one another
What is Symbolic Interactionism and Social Stratification? pg 193
Matching partners based on shared traits
What is homogamy?
The highest social standing is known as the richest people in society with a heavy influence on politics
What is the upper class?
A community where people are hired and paid according to their abilities and accomplishments rather than their social standing.
What is Meritocracy
resides at the very bottom of the social order, beneath the majority of the working class.
What is classified as Underclass
1. A macro theory that examines how all social structures and organizations interact. 2. The division of a community into classes that are superimposed on one another in a hierarchy
What is Structural Functionalism and Social Stratification pg 192
Refers to a union of two people who do not share the same values.
What is heterogamy?
people that are classified by their profession, education, income, and social standing
What is the middle class?
A circumstance in which a person's social roles have an impact on their social standing both positively and negatively.
What is Status Inconsistency?
Stratification is a formalized display of societal authority. For analytical reasons, according to Weber, power can be divided into the economic, social, and political spheres of action. Within each sphere, power is defined by class, position, and influence.
What is Weber (Vaber) and Social Stratification pg 191-192
Grouping of Individuals by socioeconomic characteristics like money, income, race, education, gender, and social standing
What is Social Stratification
Signifies control over a stock of economic resources and possibilities, just as net worth, or the amount of family assets less outstanding obligations.
What is wealth?
Someone who handles management, administrative, and professional tasks
What is a white-collared individual?
A shift in a person's employment, political affiliation, or religious beliefs affects their social standing.
What is Vertical Social Mobility
The presence of two economic classes in each community, as well as the relationship between their respective class conflicts
People living in a certain community that is entitled to the same freedoms, statuses, individuality, and access to certain services like schooling and public services
What is Social Inequality
A combined economic and societal assessment of their level of education, employment history, access to resources, and standing in society.
What is SES
Apart from the working class who does physical tasks
This happens when someone switches careers while maintaining the same level of social status.
What is Horizontal Social Mobility
Changes in a person's socioeconomic standing over the course of their lifespan or in relation to their parents.
What is Social Mobility