Social Stratification in the United States:

Sociologists studying global stratification analyze economic comparisons between individuals within a nation.

A comparison of the wealth, economic stability, status, and power of countries as a whole

In a class system, occupation is not fixed at birth.

The consistency, or lack thereof, of an individual’s rank across social categories like income, education, & occupation

A lowering of one’s social class.

Factors that define stratification do not vary in different societies

The basic premise of the Davis-Moore thesis is that the unequal distribution of rewards in social stratification:

Stratification is not about individual inequalities, but about systematic inequalities based on classes, & the like.

A system in which people are born into a social standing that they will retain their entire lives

Many people consider themselves middle class, but there are differing ideas about what that means.

A societal change that enables a whole group of people to move up or down the class ladder

Unlike Davis-Moore, Tumin believed that because of social stratification some qualified people were higher ___level job

The unions (marriage) of people within the same social category.

The purchase and use of certain products to make a social statement about status.

Today, while working conditions have improved, conflict theorists believe the strained working relationship still exists

Various models of global stratification all have 1 thing in common: they rank countries according gross national product

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The value of money and assets a person has from, for example, inheritance

In Marx’s time, bourgeois capitalists owned high-producing businesses, factories, & land, but this isn't true today.

A difference in social class between different generations of a family

Socioeconomic system that divides society’s members into categories ranking from high to low by wealth power & prestige

In the nineteenth century, the Industrial Revolution created unprecedented wealth in Western Europe and North America.

Social stratification is a system that:

The Population Reference Bureau an organization that takes on the job of comparing the wealth of nations.

In most communities, people interact primarily with others who share the same social standing.

The USA has the resources to provide the basic necessities to those in need through a series of social welfare programs.

The level of wealth available to acquire material goods and comforts to maintain a particular socioeconomic lifestyle

A thesis that argues some social stratification is a social necessity.

For sociologists, categorizing class is not a fluid science.

To symbolically communicate social standing, people often engage in conspicuous consumption.

Wealth is the most significant way of distinguishing classes.

People with new money might flaunt their wealth but they still exhibit behaviors attributed 2 the middle & lower classes

Another system of global classification that defines countries based on the per capita gross domestic product (GDP)

Sociologists distinguish between two types of systems of stratification, closed and open systems.

An ideal system in which personal effort determines social standing.

The ability to change positions within a social stratification system

A group who shares a common social status based on factors like wealth, income, education, and occupation

A law stating that all property passes to the firstborn son.

Sociologists generally identify three levels of class in the United States: upper, middle, and lower class.

The Industrial Revolution also saw the rise in equality btwn countries that were industrialized and those that were not.