social stratification

social class

status

industrial society

minority group

slavery

caste

closed society

traditional societies

discrimination

ageism

life chances

fatalism

civil rights

human rights

deferred gratification

immediate gratification

working class

middle class

minority ethnic group

social inequality

distribution of wealth

welfare state

meritocracy

dependency culture

redistribution of wealth

underclass

marxism

disability

cycle of poverty
or
cycle of deprivation

social exclusion

culture of poverty

capitalism

bourgeoisie

privileged groups

racism

elite

apartheid

scapegoating

feminism

patriarchy

glass ceiling

gendered division of labour

new working class

social mobility

intergenerational social mobility

intragenerational social mobility

open society

blue collar worker

white collar worker

embourgeoisiement

vertical segregation

horizontal segregation

reserve army of labour

lifestyle

market situation

income

poverty line

relative poverty

unskilled worker

skilled worker