Stratification
slavery
caste
estate system
class system
social mobility
open system
closed system
horizontal mobility
vertical mobility
intergenerational mobility
intragenerational mobility
proletariat
class consciousness
false consciousness
a term used by Karl Marx to describe an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect their objective position
class
party
cultural capital
prestige
esteem
socioeconomic status (SES)
income
absolute poverty
relative poverty
underclass
life chances
power
force
influence
authority
traditional authority
rational-legal authority
charismatic authority
economic system
capitalism
elite model
power elite
pluralist model
war
minority group
racial group
ethnic group
racial formation
stereotype
prejudice
racism
color-blind racism
discrimination
affirmative action
positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities
genocide
expulsion
amalgamation
assimilation
segregation
apartheid
pluralism
anti-Semitism
symbolic ethnicity