Notes on Society

Chapter 10 accessible Stratification a system by which a inn ranks categories of people in a hierarchy, it is a trait of corporation, found in all societys, carries over from generation to generation and creates systems and class tender Mobility a change in position within the loving hierarchy clan System Closed system establish on ascription, or birth, scant(p) or no mobility, shapes a persons entire life, occupation and marriage. Found in traditional Agrarian societies. Class System well-disposed stratification found on both birth, ascription and individual achievement, meritocracy.Meritocracy Social stratification based on personal merit Status Consistency the degree of consent in a persons social standing across various(a) dimensions of social inequality. Example A college professor with advanced degrees enjoys high prestige provided only earns a modest wage. Structural Social Mobility a gear in the social position of large numbers of people out-of-pocket more to ch anges in society itself than to individual efforts Ideology heathenish beliefs that absolve particular social arrangements, including patterns of inequalityDavis Moore thesis A system of unequal rewards is demand to place talented people in the right jobs and to motivate them to piddle hard. the functional analysis claiming that social stratification has beneficial consequences for the operation of society Blue Collar occupations lower prestige jobs that involve mostly manual labor White Collar occupations Higher-prestige jobs that involve mostly mental application Socioeconomic Status, SES a composite ranking based on various dimensions of social inequalityConspicuous Consumption Buying and using products because of the statement they make nigh social position Chapter 11 Income earnings from work or investments wealthiness The total value of money and other assets, minus outstanding debts Intragenerational Social Mobility a change in social position occurring during a perso ns lifetime. Intergenerational Social Mobility upward or downward social mobility of children in relation to their pargonnts feminisation of Poverty the trend of women making up an increasing proportion of the unworthy Chapter 12Global Stratification Patterns of social inequality in the world as a whole High Income rural area nations with the highest overall standards of living Middle Income landed estate nations with the standard of living that is about the average for the world Low Income Country nations with low standard of living in which most people are poor Modernization Theory is a model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of technological and cultural differences among nations Dependency Theory explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation of poor societies by rich ones