SOC102H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Census Geographic Units Of Canada, Ascribed Status, Conspicuous Consumption
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Sociology test notes- chapter 8: class and status. Absolute poverty: refers to a condition where a person does not have the minimum amount of income needed to meet the minimum requirements for one or more basic living needs over an extended period of time. This includes things like food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health care, shelter, education, access to information, and access to services. Achieved social status: is a concept developed by the anthropologist ralph linton denoting a social position that a person can acquire on the basis of merit; it is a position that is earned or chosen. Ascribed social status: is the social status a person is assigned at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life. It is a position that is neither earned nor chosen but assigned. Blaming the system: refers to analyses that emphasize the structural and institutional sources of inequality.
