SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Social Stratification, Meritocracy, Social Inequality
3 Dec 2011
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Sociology: chapter 11 social class in canada. Social stratification: a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy. Social mobility: a change in position within the social hierarchy. Caste system: social stratification based on ascription or birth. Class system: social stratification based on both birth and individual achievement. Status consistency: the degree of consistency in a person"s social standing across various dimensions of social inequality. Income: occupational wages or salaries, earnings from investments, and government transfer payments. Wealth: the total amount of money and other assets, minus outstanding debts. Intragenerational social mobility: a change is social position occurring during a person"s lifetime. Intergenerational social mobility: upward or downward social mobility of children in relation to their parents. Relative poverty: the deprivation of some people n relation to those who have more. Absolute poverty: a deprivation of resources that is life-threatening. Feminization of poverty: the trend by which women represent an increasing proportion of the poor.
