SOCY 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Stratification, Ascribed Status, Social Inequality
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Chapter 8: social class in the united states. Ability to influence others even when they don"t want to be influenced. Sorting, ranking or people or groups, into a hierarchy. 2 major types of stratification: caste system- no mobility (ascribed status) (can"t move, usually born into, class system- some mobility possible (achieved status) (can move up or down, something you earn) Intergenerational: between different generations you"ve moved up or down on the class latter. (parents doctors- you homeless, or parents homeless- you doctor) Intragenerational: in your own lifetime you moved up or down. Ability to move up and have opportunities: family background family reputation and families status. Connections you get from you family: changes in the economic structure in the 1980"s we switched from manufacturing economy to a service economy. Most jobs are service jobs now a day; most manufacturing jobs are over seas now: personal characteristics what is it about your personality and traits that you have.
