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29 Cards in this Set
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Authority
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Legitimate power
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Coercion
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Illegitimate power (not acceptable)
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Sociologist, Peter Berger Beliefs on violence
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Violence is the ultimate foundation of any political order; no matter what you do, the "law" will always get you.
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State (AKA The Govt.)
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Claims monopoly on the use of violence in some particular territory; commonly known as a country.
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Max Weber's beliefs on State violence
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State has exclusive right to use violence & the right to punish those who use it
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Traditional Authority
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Authority based on custom
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Rational-Legal Authority
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Based on written rules agreed upon. (AKA Bureaucratic Authority); Comes from position that someone holds, not the person themselves.
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Charismatic Authority
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Based on someone's outstanding strait, which attract followers.
i.e. Joan of Arc & Adolf Hitler |
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Routinization of Charisma
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The transition of authority from a charismatic leader to either traditional or ration-legal authority.
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City-States
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An independent city whose power radiates outward, bringing identity based on one's position in the means of production.
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Democracy
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"Power to the people"
----> Greek terms: demos (people) & kratos (power) |
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Direct Democracy
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Where the eligible voters meet together to discuss issues and make decisions on their behalf.
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Representative Democracy
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Where voters elect representatives to meet together to discuss issues & make decisions on their behalf.
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Citizenship
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That by virtue of birth & residence people have basic rights.
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Dictatorship
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If an individual seizes power & then dictates his will to the people.
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Oligarchy
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If a small group seizes power " " " " " " ".
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Totalitarianism
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Has almost TOTAl control of a people by the govt.
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Political-Gender Gap
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Men & women are somewhat more likely to vote for different presidential candidates.
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Special-interest Group
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People who think alike on a particular issue and can be mobilized for political action.
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Lobbyists
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People who are paid to influence legislation on behalf of their clients.
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Pluralism (A Functionalist Perspective)
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A diffusion of power among many special-interest groups, prevents any one group from gaining control of the govt. & using it to oppose the people.
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Power Elite ( A Conflict Perspective)
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Sociologist, C. Wright Mills believed the country's most important maters are made by the top leaders not congress or lobbyists.
i.e. Large corps., generals & admirals in Army & certain elite politicians |
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Sociologist, Nicholas Timasheff's
3 Essential Conditions of War |
(1) Antagonistic Situation
(2) Cultural tradition of War (3) "Fuel" that heats the Antagonistic Situation |
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Economy
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Our system of producing & distributing goods & services.
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The Start of the Industrial Societies
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1765, with the birth of the steam engine.
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Sociologist, Thorstein Veblen's Conspicuous Consumption
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His term for a change from the Protestant ethic to an eagerness to show off wealth by the consumption of goods
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Capitalism
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(1) Private ownership of the means of production
(2) Market competition (3) The pursuit of profit |
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Socialism
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(1) The public owns the means of production
(2) Central committees plan production & set prices; no competition (3) No profit motive in the distribution of goods and services |
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NAFTA
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United States, Canada and Mexico formed the NORTH AMERICAN FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT
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