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21 Cards in this Set
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politics of every day life
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the ways power relations are experienced in routine social life
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state
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centralized government
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social order
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culture prevents chaos or anarchy and supports established practices and
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rule of law
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no one is above the law
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ideologies
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guiding principles, values, and beliefs
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commodification
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the process of turning something into an object of market exchange
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privatization
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the process of opening up to private ownership resources or services that
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industrial capitalism
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factory-based capitalism
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postindustrial capitalism
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service industries based capitalism
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flexible accumulation
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profiting through transnational divisions of labor and mobility
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consumer capitalism
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buying as a way of life and an expression of identity
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uneven development
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variation in economic conditions due to different patterns of
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neoliberalism
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the idea that unregulated markets offer the optimal economic outcomes
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cultural revival
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breathing new life into traditional beliefs or practices
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symbolic capital
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something that signifies wealth and privilege
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social capital
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relationships and cultural knowledge that can be translated into economic
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descent rules
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how members of a culture trace their genealogies
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residence patterns
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where married couples are expected to reside in a given culture
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endogamy vs. exogamy
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marriage within the group vs. marriage outside the group
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social reproduction
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how a social system is passed on through generations
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homo economicus
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the idea that human behavior can be explained by rational
calculations of benefits |
