Social
class Weber target
group of people who rank close Marx capitalists
or workers sell labor Property material
processions wealth total value of
everything minus debts power elite C. Wright Mills’ top people in US Presidge respect Status consistency ranking high on some dimensions of social class Status position that one occupies Anomic Durkhim a condition of Society people become detached from the
usual Contradictory class locations Erik Wright position in the class
structure that generates contradictory interest underclass group of people for who poverty persists intergeneration
mobility change that family members make in social class from one
generation to the next Upward social
mobility movement up the social class ladder downward social mobility movement down the social class ladder structure mobility movement up or down
the social ladder exchange mobility about
the same # people moving up and down poverty
line official measure of poverty feminization
of poverty condition of US poverty in which most poor families are headed
by women culture of poverty assumptions
that the values & behaviors of the poor makes deferred gratification forgoing something in the present in the hope
of achieving greater gain in the future horatio
alger myth the belief that due to limitless possibilities anyone can get
ahold if he or she tries hard enough gender
stratification males & females unequal access to property power &
prestige sex biological
characteristics that distinguish females & males consisting of primary
& secondary characteristics gender behaviors
& attitudes that a society considers proper for its males & females patriarchy men-as-a-group domination
women-as-a-group authority is vested in males feminism philosophy that men & women should be politically glass ceiling keeps woman from reaching
the top at work sexual harassment abuse
of one’s position of authority to force unwanted sexual demands on someone Race group who inherited physical
characteristics distinguish it from other groups Genocide
systematic annihilation or attempted annihilation of a person because of
their presumed race or ethnicity ethnicity
(ethnic) distinctive cultural characteristics minority group people who are singled out for unequal treatment and
who regard themselves as objection of collective discrimination Dominant group group with most power ethnic work activities designed to
discover enhance maintain or transmit an ethnic or racial identity discrimination unfair treatment against
individual or group Racism prejudice
& discrimination on the basis of race prejudice
attitude of prejudging usually negativity individual discrimination person-to-person face-to-face
discrimination negative treatment institutional
discrimination negative treatment of a minority group that is built into a
society’s institutions (systemic discrimination) scapegoat individual or group unfair blamed for someone else’s
trouble authoritarian personality Theodor Adorno’s people
who are prejudiced & rank high on scales of conformity intolerance
insecurity respect for authority & submissiveness to superior’s split labor market workers split along
racial ethnic gender age or any other lines reserve labor force the unemployment workers are thought of as
being “in reserve” capitalists take them “out of reserve” (put them back to
work) during times of high production & then put them “back in reserve”
(lay them off) when they are no longer needed selective perception seeing
certain features of an object or situation but remaining blind to others compartmentalize separate acts from
feelings or attitudes population
transfer the forced transfer or a minority group ethnic cleaning policy of eliminating a population includes
forcible expulsion & genocide internal
colonialism police exploiting minority groups for economic gain segregation policy keeping racial &
ethnic groups apart assimilation process
of being absorbed into the mainstream culture multiculturalism policy that permits or encourages ethnic
differences (pluralism) pluralism diffusion
of power among many interest groups that prevent any single group from gaining
control of the government wasp white
Anglo Saxon protestant white ethnics white immigrants to the
united states who cultures differ from WASP culture rising expectations sense that better conditions are soon to follow
unfilled increases frustration pan-Indianism attempt to develop an
identity that goes beyond the tribe by empathizing the common elements that run
through Native Americans cultures
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