Rural Sociology 1000

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Rural Sociology 1000

• Class Business
• Social Stratification (Class Structure and Social
  Status) and Social Inequalities
• Chintz and Shag Game

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Class Structure in the U.S.

• Two Upper Classes
• Upper Upper-Old Money
• Lower Upper-New Money
• Three Middle Classes
• Upper Middle-Professional
• Middle Class-White Collar and Entrepreneurs
• Working Class-Blue Collar
• Two Lower Classes
• Upper Lower-Unskilled Laborers
• Lower Lower-Socially and Economically
  Disadvantaged

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Open and Closed Stratification Systems
Social Stratification The systematic process by
which people are divided into categories that are
ranked on a scale of social worth
Closed Caste Systems People are ranked on the
basis of traits over which they have no control
Open Class System People are ranked on the
basis of merit, talent, ability, or past
performance
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Social Categories
Choice, Effort, Ability
Achieved Characteristics
Acquired Intentionally
Life Chances
From Birth
Ascribed Characteristics
Develop Over Time
No Effort, No Fault