Sociology - Social Inequality - Key words

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Flow of resources received by individuals and households over a specific period of time.
Income
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Uneven distribution of resources or opportunities and outcomes related to, for example, education and health.
Social Inequality
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The way society is structured or divided into hierarchical strata - with the most privileged at the top and least favored at the bottom.
Stratification
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Ownership of assets such as property, as well as money in savings accounts and shares in companies.
Wealth
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An individual's chances of achieving positive or negative outcomes related to, for example, health and education.
Life Chances
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Social positions that are earned on the basis of personal talents or merit.
Achieved Status
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Government policy in South Africa, of racial segregation used as the basis for stratification.
Apartheid
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Social positions that are fixed at birth and unchanging over time.
Ascribed status
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An example of a stratification system in India, linked to Hinduism, were social status is ascribed.
Caste
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People changing position or status in a stratification system.
Social Mobility
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An invisible barrier to promotion faced by some groups, for example, women.
Glass Ceiling
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Social mobility between the generations of a family.
Inter Generational
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Social mobility over the course of one's lifetime.
Intra Generational
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System in which everyone is seen as having an equal opportunity to succeed.
Meriotocracy
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Income is insufficient to obtain the minimum needed to survive.
Absolute Poverty
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Cannot afford the meet the general standard of living of most other people in their society.
Relative Poverty
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Being excluded from participation on society's social, economic, political and cultural life.
Social Exclusion
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A group whose attitudes and values are different from those of mainstream society.
Underclass
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Uneven distribution of resources or opportunities and outcomes related to, for example, education and health.

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Social Inequality

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The way society is structured or divided into hierarchical strata - with the most privileged at the top and least favored at the bottom.

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Ownership of assets such as property, as well as money in savings accounts and shares in companies.

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An individual's chances of achieving positive or negative outcomes related to, for example, health and education.

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SUBCULTURE NOT UNDERCLASS. JS,

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