SYG 2000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Redlining, Residential Segregation In The United States, Meritocracy
12 Dec 2016
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Can be highly restricted by formal or informal rules. Very little opportunity for social mobility between classes. Movement that occurs from generation to the next. I. e. child moves into a different social class from that. Movement that occurs during the course of one"s lifetime. Measure between a person"s ascribed status, the social class she is born into , and the social class she achieves during lifetime. Occurs when large numbers of people move up/down the social ladder due structural changes in society as a whole. People are considered poor if their standard of living is less than that of other members of society. People are unable to meet minimal standards for food, shelter, clothing, and healthcare. Hunger, malnutrition, and/or inability to afford medications. Moving from welfare to work does not increase income levels. The culture of poverty theory and its critics.
