SOCL 2001 Chapter : Outline Chapter 8
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Extremes of poverty and wealth in the world: absolute poverty, =situation in which people lack the resources to satisfy the basic needs no person should be without, state of being that falls below a certain threshold (min. , (pg. 182) Relative poverty: =situation measured not by some objective standard, rather by comparing against that of others who are more advantaged in some way (people living in a particular place and time have come to expect as necessities, ex. Core concept: when sociologists study systems of social stratification, they seek to understand how people are ranked on a scale of social worth and how that ranking affects life chances. Achieved statuses: =attained through some combination of personal choice, effort, and ability, people must act in some way to acquire an achieved status, persons wealth, income, occupation, educational attainment. Life chances across and within countries: page 185-186. Marriage is forbidden between 2 people from different.
