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A System by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy
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Social Stratification
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A change in position within the social society
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Social Mobility
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Social Stratification based on ascription, or birth
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Caste System
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Social Stratification based on both birth and individual achievement
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Class System
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Social Stratification based on personal merit
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Meritocracy
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The degree of consistency in a person's social standing across various dimensions of social inequality
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Status Consistency
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A shift in the social position of large numbers of people due more to changes in society itself than to individual efforts
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Structural Social Mobility
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Cultural beliefs that justify particular social arrangements, including patterns of inequality
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Ideology
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The assertion that social stratification is a universal pattern because it has beneficial consequences for the operation of a society
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Davis-Moore Thesis
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Lower prestige jobs that involve mostly manual labor
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Blue-Collar occupations
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Higher prestige jobs that involve mostly mental activity
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White-collar occupations
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A composite ranking based on various dimensions of social inequality
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Socioeconomic Status (SES)
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Buying and using products because of the "statement" that make about a social position
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Conspicuous Consumption
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Earnings from work or investments
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Income
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The total value of money and other assets, minus outstanding debts
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Wealth
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