34 Cards in this Set
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what is social stratification
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evaluation-ranking reward system
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evaluation-ranking reward system
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one's rank is determined by birth
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what is endogomy
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in the caste system, you can only marry someone in the same caste
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explain the estate system
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determined by birth, a little leeway to move up, includes
nobilty
clergy
peasants
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what do all stratfication systems have in common
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systems tend to persist for a long time
they are resistant towards change
each is bolsterd by legitmating rational acceptance
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explain the class system
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the best work their way to the highest rank
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explain what weber meant by inconvient facts
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pieces of evidence that contradict what you have always believed about a social issue
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explain the legitimating rationale
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societal belief that makes the stratification system fair thus inequalties are reasonable
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what is the caste system legitmated by
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reward or punishment for past life
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what is the estate system legitmated by
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reward or punishment for past life
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what is the class sytem legitimated by
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belief of equal opportunity for all
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class strugle is only between prolitarate and capitalists is a view of
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marx
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class strugle is only between prolitarate and capitalists is a view of
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weber
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the state is an independent force is a view of
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weber
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the state is an independent force is a view of
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marx
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what is the functionalist theory of stratification
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different statuses of society have different functional importance
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what are some critcisms of the functional theory of stratification
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some roles have little value but are highly rewarded
people define functionally important in different ways
neglects the power element
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what is legitmate power
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power seen as justified (the police)
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what is legitmate power
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chattel: moveable property
self enslavement: to overcome serious encomic insecuirty
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what is needed for an open stratification system
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it must be both verticallyy and horizontally mobile
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define horizontal mobility
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movement from job to another in the same stratum
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define vertical mobility
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movement up or down the classes
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what is intergernerational mobility
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changes in postion in the system by different generations of family members
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what is intragenerational mobility
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career mobility that occurs during a persons lifetime
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goldberg&louis found that mothers subconciously rewarded sons for
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being active and independent and daughters for not
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define race
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a group into which people are sorted according to physcial feastures like skin
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race is socially...
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constructed
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what is symbolic racism
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whites combining the notion of declining racism with idea that blacks are making illegitamte demands in society
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what is laissez fair racism
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whites continuously sterotyping blacks and blame them for their problems
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define income
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the money someone recieves in wages or salaries
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how does weber define wealth
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it is the access to life chances and it creates opportunties and secures social standing
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in what ways are peoples life chances affected by their class orgins?
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health
education
working life
ciminal/justice
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whate are the two explanations of reproduction of class structure
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cultural explanation
structural explanation
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explain cultual explanations
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people in diff social classes have diff values, beliefs and norms which are passed down to their children through socialization
values beliefs and norms of lower classes are not compatible with success
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SOC 001: EXAM 3