Chapter 6--Social Stratification and Class w/o Movie

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lifelong statuses determined by the status of one’s parents. (India is really the only place that I can think of that uses this system, although it is pretty rare in today's society)

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caste

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group of people who share economic and social position in society.

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class

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continuous, uninterrupted extent, like a line that has opposite concepts at either end of it, used to show relative position of institutions to each other with respect to the ideas conveyed at the ends.

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continuum

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movement from a higher to a lower rank of the social strata.

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downward mobility

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movement from one level of a society to another of the same rank. (So you pretty much remain the same throughout your life)

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horizontal mobility

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movement of a son or daughter up or down the social strata from the position of the parents.

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intergenerational mobility

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movement up or down the social strata within one’s lifetime.

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intragenerational mobility

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stratification system that allows little or no social mobility.

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closed system

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stratification system that allows some significant degree of social mobility.

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open system

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measure by the United States Census that divides people into poor and non-poor groups on the basis of income.

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poverty line