Chapter 5 - Social Stratification - SOC 1000

25 fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering definitions, statistics, theories, and critiques related to social stratification in Canada.

Social inequality is an __ distribution of resources.

unequal

Social stratification refers to socially-sanctioned patterns of __.

inequality

Systems of stratification that allow virtually no mobility are called systems, whereas those that permit movement are systems.

closed; open

Canada’s class system is considered an __ system of stratification.

open

Movement between social classes is known as mobility, while movement within the same class is mobility.

vertical; horizontal

Mobility occurring within one person’s lifetime is mobility; mobility compared with one’s parents is mobility.

intragenerational; intergenerational

Financial assets such as income, real estate, savings, and investments are collectively termed __ wealth.

financial

The higher class, representing about 30 % of Canadians, owns roughly __ % of the country’s total wealth.

57.6

Canadians in the lower class earn less than __ per year.

$39,300

Canada’s Official Poverty Line is based on the __ (MBM).

market basket measure

According to the 2020 LICO, a single person below __ for a full year is considered low income.

$25,920

Recent __ experience poverty rates significantly higher than the Canadian-born.

immigrants

The two primary forms of homelessness are homelessness and homelessness.

unsheltered; hidden

Under Marx’s theory, the own the means of production, while the sell their labour.

bourgeoisie; proletariat

Marx predicted that growing among workers would lead to unions and, ultimately, communism.

class consciousness

Weber argued that class is tied to an individual’s __ in the marketplace.

value

Weber highlighted (prestige) and (capacity to impose will) as non-economic sources of inequality.

status; power

Functionalist theory claims that inequality is necessary to __ people to train for important jobs.

motivate

A key critique of functionalism is that it ignores the pool of __ left undiscovered because of inequality.

talent

Between 2005 and 2019, the bottom wealth quintile in Canada saw its net worth change by __ %.

-82

The MBM poverty threshold for a family of four is approximately __.

$37,542

Among Canadians, __ aged 45–64 living alone have the highest poverty rate at 36.3 %.

singles

As of May 1, 2020, the highest minimum wage in Canada was in __ at $16.00 per hour.

Nunavut

Enabling and constraining forces of social mobility include family background, ascribed traits, structural factors, and __ events.

unforeseen

Closed stratification systems include and systems.

slavery; caste