Examples of master status in the following topics:
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- Conflict theory is particularly interested in the various aspects of master status in social position—the primary identifying characteristic of an individual seen in terms of race or ethnicity, sex or gender, age, religion, ability or disability, and socio-economic status.
- When we are analyzing any element of society from this perspective, we need to look at the structures of wealth, power and status, and the ways in which those structures maintain social, economic, political and coercive power of one group at the expense of others.
- According to conflict theorists, the family works toward the continuance of social inequality within a society by maintaining and reinforcing the status quo.
- Because inheritance, education and social capital are transmitted through the family structure, wealthy families are able to keep their privileged social position for their members, while individuals from poor families are denied similar status.
- According to conflict theorists, the family works toward the continuance of social inequality within a society by maintaining and reinforcing the status quo.
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- Because gender is considered to be a master status, or a primary trait around which individuals identify, "women" are considered to be a political demographic.
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- Status inconsistency occurs when an individual's social positions are varied and these variations influence his or her overall social status.
- Status inconsistency is a situation where an individual's social positions have both positive and negative influences on his or her social status.
- For example, a teacher may have a positive societal image (respect, prestige, etc.), which increases her status but she may earn little money, which simultaneously decreases her status.
- Sociologists investigate issues of status inconsistency in order to better understand status systems and stratification, and because some sociologists believe that positions of status inconsistency might have strong effects on people's behavior.
- Gerhard Lenski originally predicted that people suffering from status inconsistency would favor political actions and parties directed against higher status groups.
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- Credentialism refers to the common practice of relying on earned credentials when hiring staff or assigning social status.
- Credentialism refers to the common practice of relying on earned credentials when hiring staff or assigning social status.
- Jobs that were open to high school graduates a century ago now routinely require not just a bachelor's degree, but a master's degree as well—without an appreciable change in required skills.
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- Whenever there is any form of society, one sees social status come into play.
- One's social status is determined in different ways.
- One can earn his or her social status by his or her own achievements; this is known as achieved status.
- Social status is most often understood as a melding of the two types of status, with ascribed status influencing achieved status.
- Admission, therefore, is an achieved status that was heavily influenced by resources made available by the person's ascribed status.
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- Typically, these are, in order of completion, associate's degree, bachelor's degree, master's degree, and doctorate.
- Much like other forms of capital, social capital, economic capital, and cultural capital, academic capital doesn't depend on one sole factor but instead is made up of many different factors, including the individual's academic transmission from his/her family, status of the academic institutions attended, and publications produced by the individual.
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- In an open class system, people are ranked by achieved status, whereas in a closed class system, people are ranked by ascribed status.
- In modern western Europe, status depends on individual educational and professional attainment, meaning that people are ranked based on achieved status.
- Thus, people were ranked by ascribed status.
- Status based on family background, ethnicity, gender, and religion, which is also known as "ascribed status," is less important.
- People in such societies may be confined to their ancestral occupations, and their social status is largely prescribed by status at birth.
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- During the U.S. period of slavery, blacks and whites worshiped in the same churches, though blacks were relegated to the balcony and primarily taught to be obedient to their masters.
- Socioeconomic status (SES) or class tends to be associated more with how religion is practiced rather than degree of religiosity (i.e., very religious vs. not very religious).
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- Max Weber formed a three-component theory of stratification in which social difference is determined by class, status, and power.
- According to Weberian theory, a member of the United States Congress is an example of someone who is high in the social hierarchy due to status and power, although they have relatively low economic status.
- Weber introduced three independent factors that form his theory of stratification hierarchy: class, status, and power.
- Status refers to a person's prestige, social honor, or popularity in a society.
- Weber noted that political power was not rooted solely in capital value, but also in one's individual status.
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- Individual and household income remains one of the most prominent indicators of class status within the United States.
- Many people who have vast accumulated wealth have virtually non-existent salaries, so total personal income is a better indicator of economic status.
- However, in a dual-income household the combined income of both earners, even if they hold relatively low status jobs, can put the household in the upper middle class income bracket.
- Census Bureau in terms of either household or individual income and remains one of the most prominent indicators of class status.
- In other words, income does not determine the status of an individual or household but rather reflects that status.