SOC 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Limited Government, Vaishya, 1973 Oil Crisis

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Df:social class access to resources based on birth and achievement. Df:social status one"s position within the class structure. Key principles: all societies redistribute materials/social rewards to individs (food, money, social prestige) Stratified system ensures ppl who do more get more material wealth/social recognition. Df: meritocracy a system based on the principle that people achieve what they deserve: system is stable over time. Df: social mobility movement btw/ social classes. Few ppl move out of social class they were born into. Df: intergenerational mobility status as defined by parent"s social class. Df: intragenerational mobility status movement throughout one"s life. High status ppl easier to obtain power, property, prestige even if they lack intelligence (e. g. young grl born in poor family scholarship lawyer: present in all human societies but varies in how it expresses itself. Status granted by how much money one has/one gives away.

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