Sociology Glossary

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Status which is achieved through an individual’s own efforts.
Achieved Status
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Status which is given to an individual at birth and usually can’t be changed.
Ascribed Status
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In Marxist theory, the class of owners of the means of production.
Bourgeoisie
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The class of owners of the means of production in industrial societies whose primary purpose is to make profits.
Capitalists
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Extra educational help for those coming from disadvantaged groups to help them overcome the disadvantages they face in the education system and the wider society.
Compensatory Education
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The knowledge, language, attitudes and values, and life­style which give middle class and upper class students who possess them an inbuilt advantage in a middle-class controlled education system
Cultural Capital
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A difference and conflict between the cultural values of the home and those of educational institutions.
Culture Clash
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The division of work or occupations into a large number of specialized tasks, each of which is carried out by one worker or group of workers.
Division of Labour
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Status which is given to an individual at birth and usually can’t be changed.

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In Marxist theory, the class of owners of the means of production.

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The class of owners of the means of production in industrial societies whose primary purpose is to make profits.

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Extra educational help for those coming from disadvantaged groups to help them overcome the disadvantages they face in the education system and the wider society.

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