Chapter 8 Vocabulary
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- Q1social stratificationThe existence of structured inequalities between groups in society in terms of their access to material or symbolic rewards.30s
- Q2structured inequalitiesSocial inequalities that result from patterns in the social structure.30s
- Q3slaveryA form of social stratification in which some people are owned by others as their property.30s
- Q4casteA social system in which one's social status is held for life.30s
- Q5class systemsA system of social hierarchy that allows individuals to move among classes: four bases wealth, occupation, income, and education.30s
- Q6classSocioeconomic variations among groups of individuals that create variations in their material prosperity and power.30s
- Q7incomeMoney received from paid wages and salaries or earned from investments.30s
- Q8wealthMoney and material possessions held by and individual or group.30s
- Q9means of productionThe means whereby the production of material goods is carried on in a society, including not just technology but also the social relations between producers.30s
- Q10capitalistsPeople who own companies, land, or stocks shares and use these to generate economic returns.30s
- Q11surplus valueIn Marxist theory, the value of a worker's labor power left over when an employer has repaid the cost of hiring the worker.30s
- Q12statusThe social honor or prestige a particular group is accorded by other members of a society.30s
- Q13pariah groupsGroups who suffer from negative status discrimination-they are looked down on by most other members of society.30s
- Q14contradictory class locationsPositions in the class structure, particularly routine white-collar and lower managerial jobs, that share characteristics with the class positions both above and below them.30s
- Q15upper classA social class broadly composed of the more affluent members of society, especially those who have inherited wealth, own businesses, or hold large numbers of stocks.30s