Social Stratifcation Flashcards

(40 cards)

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Social Class

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Category of people who share same SES

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Social Cohesion

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Solidarity and sense of connectedness of different social groups and classes in society.

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Social Stratification

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Social inequality related to one’s SES that depend on achieved and ascribed status’

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Educational Attainment

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Highest degree obtained and number of years of education completed. (achieved status)

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Socioeconomic Gradient of health

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The lower SES = poorer health outcomes

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Prestige

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Positive regard society has for a person or idea.

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Power

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Ability to affect other’s behavior through real or perceived awards and punishments.

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Class and False consciousness

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Class consciousness: Organization of working class around goals and recognizing their powerless state to revolt.
False consciousness: misperception of one's actual position in society.
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Anomie

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Lack of widely accepted social norms and breakdown of social bonds between individual and society.

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Strain theory

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Anomic conditions lead to deviance (criminality)

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Social Solidarity

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Sense of community belonging and social cohesion.

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Two sources of social trust

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  1. Social reciprocity

2. Social networks

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Social capital

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Investment in social networks that you have.

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Social integration

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Process of someone new or minority moving into a larger culture while maintain identity.

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Privilege

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Inequality in opportunity

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Cultural capital

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Knowledge skills and abilities known that provide benefits.

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Strong and Weak Ties

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Strong ties: close groups (family and friends)

Weak ties: superficial large groups (networking)

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Intersectioanlity

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Compounding of disadvantaged identities (discriminated)

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Social mobility

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Moving up or down in social position.

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Intragenerational mobility vs intergenerational mobility

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Intragenerational: social status that happens in lifetime
Intergenerational: social status from parents to children.

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Meritocracy vs Plutocracy

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Social structure in which intellectual talent and achievement are means to advance
Plutocracy: rule by upper class

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Vertical mobility and horizontal mobility

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Vertical mobility: movement up or down social positions (usually via education)
Horizontal mobility: change in occupation and lifestyle that keeps someone in the same class

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Poverty

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Low SES and lack of possessions or financial resources.

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Social reproduction

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Social inequalities are reproduced and passed down from one generation to the next.

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Structural poverty
Poverty is a "institution" due to structure of economy not by cause of individuals.
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Absolute poverty vs relative poverty
Absolute: don't have enough resources to maintain basic survival Relative: people are poor in comparison to the larger populaion
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Poverty line
Governmental calculations of the minimum income requirements for families to acquire the minimum necessities of life.
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Social Exclusion
Sense of powerlessness and isolation when individuals are alienated by society
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Spatial Inequality
Social stratification across territories and their populations (dependent on geography), (ex. wealthy neighborhoods will have undesirable buildings built in poorer areas leading to compromised health)
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Residental Segregation
Stratifying of neighborhoods that create unequal chances for people who live in these communities
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Suburbanization
Migration patter of middle class to suburban communities
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Urban decay, Urban Renewal and Gentrification
``` Urban decay: previously functional portion of city deteriorates and decrepit overtime Urban renewal: city is reclaimed and renovated for public and private use Gentrification: Upper-middle class populations begin to purchase neighborhoods driving lower SES off. ```
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Environmental justice
Poor living conditions and environmental conditions lead to illness and disease (low-income) more prone to environmental risks
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World System Theory and the three nations
Categorizing countries and emphasizing the inequalities of division of labor at global level Core nations: higher skill and higher pay production exploit the periphery Peripheral: lower-skilled productions Semi-peripheral: midway between these two.
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Incidence vs Prevalence
Incidence: Number of cases of an illness per population at risk/per time Prevalence: number of total illness per total population per time.
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Morbidity vs Mortality
Morbidity: Burden of degree or illness associated with given disease Mortality: Deaths caused by disease.
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Second sickness
Exacerbation of health outcomes of health outcomes caused by social injustices
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factors that affect inequities of health
race, gender (women outlive men but more morbidity), LGBT discrimination
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Why women live longer
They check-up with the doctors more often, less risk behavior as men, dangerous jobs, more likely with disease.
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Medicaid and Medicare
Medicare: covers patients >65, end stage renal disease, and ALS Medicaid: covers patients with significant financial need.