Review Terms and Concepts
The following list of key terms, people, and phrases make an excellent list to create flashcards for studying.
status
social differentiation
social stratification
3 dimensions to stratification (class, status or prestige, party)
Max Weber
Herbert Gans and his view on poverty
Conflict vs. Functionalist perspectives on inequality
estate system
caste system
class
social class
life chances
means of production
status attainment
socioeconomic status (SES)
median income
prestige
occupational prestige
educational attainment
Layers of social class
upper class
middle class
lower-middle class
lower class
underclass
wealth
income
net worth
social mobility
intergenerational vs. intragenerational mobility
closed class systems
open class systems
upward mobility
downward mobility
class consciousness
false consciousness
poverty line
feminization of poverty
culture of poverty
family wage system
professional-managerial class
absolute poverty
relative poverty
colonization
core countries
double deprivation
first world countries
second world countries
third world countries
world poverty
food poverty
global system of stratification
international division of labor
modernization theory
neocolonialism
peripheral countries
semi-peripheral countries
world systems theory
world economic system
multinational corporations
food shortage
extreme poverty
commodity chain
capability poverty
dependency theory