Exam One Flashcards
(20 cards)
Stratification
Unequal access to resources
Inequality
Unequal and uneven
What is theory?
Statements of how and why (how did the system develop, how is society ordered, how to decide who gets what)
Marxian tradition
Work relationship Capitalism Capitalistic Rule wealth Wealth gap
Capitalism
Inequality and stratification based on means of production
Capitalistic wealth
Power
Rule wealth
Ruling class (political power)
Weberian tradition
Labor market
Money market
Commodity market
Labor market
Employer employee
Money market
Creditor debtor
Commodity market
Buyer seller
Structural functionalism
Social order is possible through shared belief, hierarchy of prestige, different value of jobs
Privilege
Having something that others do not have and that something is presumed to be good
Race
A group of people with similar physical characteristics considered to be a distinct group
Ethnicity
A group of people with similar social or cultural characteristics considered by themselves and others to be a group
Majority
Any group that is dominant in society
Minority group
The groups that are assigned inferior status on society
The subordinate
What is gender?
Biological Social role Created by society Recreated over time Social constructed "Normal actions" Rigid?
Gender is biological
Biological basis to gender role development
Gender is rigid
Stable at parts in time yet we have fluent moments over time
