Essentials of Sociology : a Down-to-earth Approach, Canadian Edition. Study Guide |
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... status determined by birth ; and ( 3 ) class -- based on possession of money or material possessions . Class systems are characteristic of industrialized societies . Gender discrimination cuts across all systems of social stratification ...
... status determined by birth ; and ( 3 ) class -- based on possession of money or material possessions . Class systems are characteristic of industrialized societies . Gender discrimination cuts across all systems of social stratification ...
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... SOCIAL CLASS IN CANADA CHAPTER SUMMARY Most sociologists have adopted Weber's definition of social class as a large group of people who rank closely to one another in terms of wealth , power , and prestige . The three criteria for ...
... SOCIAL CLASS IN CANADA CHAPTER SUMMARY Most sociologists have adopted Weber's definition of social class as a large group of people who rank closely to one another in terms of wealth , power , and prestige . The three criteria for ...
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... class location : Erik Wright's term for a position in the class structure that generates contradictory interests ... social mobility : movement down the social class ladder exchange mobility : about the same numbers of people moving up ...
... class location : Erik Wright's term for a position in the class structure that generates contradictory interests ... social mobility : movement down the social class ladder exchange mobility : about the same numbers of people moving up ...
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THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE | 1 |
CULTURE | 19 |
SOCIALIZATION | 34 |
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According activities ANSWERS authority basic behavior believe Canada Canadian capitalism capitalist CHAPTER characteristics cities conflict theorists corporate crime culture define deviance discrimination divorce dominant economic elite Emile Durkheim environment Erving Goffman ethnic explain factors False feel females FILL-IN QUESTIONS functional functionalist gender Gerhard Lenski global goals human identified individual industrial interaction Karl Marx KEY TERMS large number leader LEARNING OBJECTIVES live major males marriage Max Weber means of production microsociology mobility MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS norms one's organization parents percent person perspective political poor population positions poverty prestige rational-legal authority refers relationships religion result role self-test sexual social change social class social inequality social movement social stratification society sociologists solidarity status status inconsistency structure Study Guide Symbolic interactionists theory Third World True TRUE-FALSE QUESTIONS urban values women workers World nations Wright Mills ذن