Chapter 7- the structure of inequality

the division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy

the unequal distribution of wealth, power, or prestige among members of a society

The most extreme form of social stratification based on the legal ownership of people

a form of social stratification in which status is determined by one’s family history and background and cannot be changed

the term for the system of segregation of racial and ethnic groups that was legal in South Africa between 1948 and 1991

a system of stratification based on access to resources such as wealth, property, power, and prestige

a concept that identifies how different categories of inequality (e.g., class, race, and gender) intersect

argued that social class was made of three components: Wealth, power, prestige

The sociological lense that we use status differences to categorize ourselves and others.

The tendency for a social class status to be Passed down from one generation to the next

A system of dispositions and tendencies that organize the ways in which individuals perceive the social world around them and react to it.

learned attitudes that can develop among poor communities and lead the poor to accept their fate rather than attempt to improve their situation.

Residential segregation, political disenfranchisement, and the use of law enforcement to control the homeless can make poverty invisible to many Americans

an objective measure of poverty that is defined by the inability to meet minimal standards for food, shelter, clothing, or health care

relational measure of poverty based on the standards of living.

The ideology that anyone can achieve material successif he or she works hard enough