metropolis
(noun) A large city, including exurbs and suburbs, that has distinct administrative and cultural districts.
(noun) A large city, including exurbs and suburbs, that has distinct administrative and cultural districts.
(noun) A distinctive culture shared by a small group that is often based on location or within an organization.
(noun) Small-scale sociological analysis that studies the behavior of people in face-to-face social interactions and small groups to understand what they do, say, and think.
(noun) A crime considered less serious than a felony and typically punishable by a small fine or brief period of imprisonment.
(noun) “[A] forgotten [part] of the [United States’] labor force—too prosperous to be the ‘working poor,’ too insecure to be ‘middle income'” (Newman and Chen 2008:2).
(noun) An economic system in which goods and services are produced, distributed, and exchanged by the forces of price, supply, and demand with partial control by a central authority such as a government.
(noun) An individual’s or group’s (e.g., family) movement through the class hierarchy due to changes in income, occupation, or wealth.
(noun) According to Karl Marx (1818–1883), a combination of the means of production and relations of production.
(noun) A stereotypical view of an ethnic, racial, or religious minority group that is assumed to have achieved a high level of educational, economical, and professional success.
(noun) The process of increasing the specialization and differentiation of social structures.
(noun) Referring to a number of psychological illnesses that affect mood.