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Define class conflict.
conflict between upper and lower social classes over wealth and power
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Define class consciousness.
believing that all members of one’s class have similar political and economic interests that compete with those of other classes
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Define conflict theory.
inequality is imposed on society by those who want to retain their wealth and power
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Define deindustrialization.
a decline in the manufacturing sector of the economy
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Define division of labor.
individuals perform distinct, assigned functions
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Define dsyfunctions.
undesirable by-products of relations or institutions
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Define equal of opportunity.
equal chances for success based on ability, work, initiative, and luck
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Define equality of results.
equal incomes regardless of ability, work, or initiative
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Define feminist theory.
a form of conflict theory that views society through a gendered prism and emphasizes women’s struggle for equality with men
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Define fuctional theory.
inequality is necessary because it gets people to work harder in more demanding jobs that require longer training and greater skills.
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Define globalization.
increasing exchanges of goods and services by firms in different countries
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Define latent functions.
unrecognized or unanticipated functions of societal relations or an institution
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Define manifest functions.
acknowledged and expected functions of societal relations or an institution
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Define measuring inequality.
percentage of total national income received by each fifth of income earners
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Define objective identification.
ranking by occupation, income, or education
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Define pluralist.
theorists who argue that groups are the dominant influence in public policymaking
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Define power elite.
C. Wright Mills’s term for a ruling class who dominates decision making
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Define reputational identification.
individuals ranking the prestige of occupations
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Define social class.
a category and ranking in the stratification system
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Define social mobility.
the movement of people upward or downward in social class
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Define stratification.
systematic classification of people into ranks on a superiorityinferiority scale
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Define subjective identification.
individuals identify their own social class
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Define subjective reality.
one individual’s interpretation of events that occur in a social interaction
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Define The Chicago School.
the first sociology department in the U.S., located at the University of Chicago
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