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expectations are referred to as roles. For instance, the role of a "professor" includes teaching
students, answering their questions, being impartial, appropriately.
66. A closed/ open stratification system- people cannot move up or down (e.g., the feudal
system, castes in India). • An open system – people move up or down.
67. Social mobility- Social mobility occurs whenever people move across social class
boundaries, or from one occupational level to another (upwards or downwards).
68. Meritocracy- - a position in the hierarchy is determined by individual merit.
69. Poverty line- a level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor according
to governmental standards —called also poverty level
70. Essex man/ woman- Essex Man first appeared in a Sunday Telegraph column by Simon
Heffer and became a shorthand for a well-off workwelcome to essexing class man who has
moved out of London and likes to show off his newly found wealth. The stereotype was a political
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