minority status

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• Minority stress — describes chronically high levels of stress faced by members of stigmatized minority groups.[1] It may be caused by a number of factors, including poor social support and low socioeconomic status, but the most well understood causes of minority… …   Wikipedia

• Minority leader of the United States House of Representatives — Democratic Leader Incumbent Nancy Pelosi …   Wikipedia

• Minority group — A minority is a sociological group within a demographic. The demographic could be based on many factors from ethnicity, gender, wealth, power, etc. The term extends to numerous situations, and civilizations within history, despite the misnomer of …   Wikipedia

• Minority languages of Sweden — In 1999, the Minority Language Committee of Sweden formally declared five minority languages of Sweden: Finnish, Sami language, Romani, Yiddish, and Meänkieli (Tornedal Finnish). The Swedish language dominates commercial and cultural life in… …   Wikipedia

• minority — /mi nawr i tee, nor , muy /, n., pl. minorities, adj. n. 1. the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole. 2. a smaller party or group opposed to a majority, as in voting or other action. 3. a group… …   Universalium

• status — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ elite (esp. AmE), great, high, superior ▪ inferior, low, lowly ▪ low status jobs …   Collocations dictionary

• Minority Treaties — Minority Treaties[a] refer to the treaties, League of Nations Mandates,[1] and unilateral declarations [2] made by countries applying for membership in the League of Nations and United Nations. Most of the treaties entered into force as a result… …   Wikipedia

• Minority influence — Minority influence, a form of social influence, takes place when a minority, like an individual, influences a majority to accept the minority s beliefs or behaviour. There are two types of social influence: majority influence (conformity) and… …   Wikipedia

• minority — mi·nor·i·ty n pl ties 1 a: the period before attainment of majority b: the state of being a minor 2: the smaller of two groups constituting a whole: as a: a group (as in a legislative body) having less than the number of votes necessary for… …   Law dictionary

• Minority politics in Iraq — are represented by its various ethnic and religious groups. The Kurds (Muslim, Yarsan and Yezidi), Assyrians, and Iraqi Turkmen represent the three largest non Arab minorities in the country. Other smaller ethnic groups include Armenians, Roma,… …   Wikipedia

• Status attainment — or status attainment theory deals largely with one’s position in society, or class. Status attainment is affected by both achieved factors, such as educational attainment, and ascribed factors, such as family income. It is achieved by a… …   Wikipedia