Sociology Test 3- Social Class

an objective measure of poverty, defined by the inability to meet minimum standards for food, shelter, clothing, and health care

Absolute Poverty

purchasing goods not to survive but to flaunt one's superior wealth and social standing

Conspicuous Consumption

entrenched attitudes that can develop among the poor communities and lead the poor to accept their fate rather than attempt to improve it

Culture of Poverty

an analysis that claims social stratification has beneficial consequences for the operation of society

Davis-Moore Thesis

awareness of one's own social status and that of others

Everyday Class Consciousness

the movement of individuals or groups within a particular social class, most often a result of changing occupations

Horizontal Social Mobility

the movement between different class statuses, often called upward mobility or downward mobility

Vertical Social Mobility

a measure of net worth that includes income, property and other assets

Wealth

Key points made in Rank article

high levels of impoverishment, structural factors not individual failings

the movement between social classes that occurs from one generation to the next

Intergenerational Mobility

the movement between social classes that occurs during the course of an individual's lifetime

Intragenerational Mobility

the ability to impose one's will on others

Power

the social honor people are given because of their membership in well-regarded social groups

Prestige

a relative measure of poverty based on the standard of living in a particular society

Relative Deprivation

The unequal distribution of wealth, power, or prestige among the members of a society

Social Inequality

the movement of individuals or groups within the hierarchal system of social classes

Social Mobility

The division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy

Social Stratification

a situation in which an individual has differing levels of status in terms of wealth, prestige, power, and other elements of socioeconomic status

Status Inconsistency

changes in the social status of large numbers of people as a result of structural changes in society

Structural Mobility

a position that hold society responsible for poverty, emphasizing the lack of job and educational opportunities

Structural view of poverty

4 basic principles of stratification

characteristic of society, persists over generation, different criteria for ranking members, Social stratification is maintained through cultural beliefs