Social Stratification and Poverty Review

the socio-economic layering of society's members according to property, power, and prestige

• social stratification

• social deviance

• prestige

the wealth, investments, deeded and titled properties, and all other tangible sources of income

• power

• property

• assets

level of poverty where individuals and families cannot sustain food, shelter, warmth, and safety

• social poverty

• generational poverty

• absolute poverty

the degree of social honor attached to your position in society

• prestige

• income

• power

the total economic resources help by a person or group

• income

• wealth

• life chances

a segment of society whose members hold similar amounts of resources and share values, norms, and lifestyle

• social stratum

• positive prestige

• social class

according to Karl Marx, the _________ class owns the means of production (factories, railroads, etc.)

• bourgeoisie

• proletariat

• class

an individual's access to basic opportunities and resources in the marketplace

• power play

• life chances

• social mobility

the ability to get one's way even in the face of opposition

• energy

• wealth

• power

According to Karl Marx, the ________ class labors without owning the means of production. They are workers paid a salary.

• proletariat

• bourgeoisie

• lower class