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Chapters 7-9 Flashcards

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Social Stratification

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Hierarchy of Lg Social Groups Based on Their Control of Basic Resources

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Definition of Poverty

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Family of 4 Making Less Than 40,000/Yr

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Social Mobility

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Ability of individuals to move up or down a level in the Social Strat system

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Wright

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Capitalist > Managerial > Sm Business > Working

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Symbolic Interactionists

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Appreciation

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Absolute Poverty

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You cant afford basic necessities

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Intergenerational Mobility

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Social Mobility experienced by one generation to the next

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Intragenerational Mobility

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Social Mobility made w/i an individual’s lifetime

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Relative Poverty

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Can afford basic necessities but cannot maintain a “normal” standard of living

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Conflict

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Ppl w/ power shape and manipulate the distribution of rewards.

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Weberian

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Upper > Upper Middle > Middle > Working > Working Poor > Underclass

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Marxist

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Capitalist > Proletariats

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Gini Coefficient

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Degree of Inequality

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Human Development Index

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Includes Life Exp, Education, & Living Standards

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Global Stratification

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Unequal distribution of wealth/power/prestige on a global scale

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Modernization Theory

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Low Income Economy can move to Middle/ High Income Economy by achieving self sustaining growth

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Dependency Theory

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Global Poverty is attributed to High Income Countries exploiting Low Income Countries

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Core Nation

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Dominant Capitalist Center w/ High Industrialization

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Peripheral Nation

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Dependent Nation

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Symbolic Interactionist (Race)

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Intergroup Contact will Intensify or Reduce Racial Tension

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Functionalists

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Ethnic Pluralism or Assimilation (Coexistence)

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Conflict

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Caste
Class
Colonialism
Split Labor
Gendered Racism

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