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31 Cards in this Set
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Mechanization |
To produce goods and services |
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Capitalism |
Economic system means of production in private hands. Accumulated profits. Laissez-Faire. |
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Monopoly |
Single firm controls the market |
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Socialism |
Means of production and distribution owned collectively |
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Communism |
All property jointly owned |
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Informal Economy |
Transfer of money, goods, or services is not reported. 40-60% of economy in developing nations |
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Deindustrialization |
Limited investment in 20th century factories |
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Influence |
Exercise process of persuasion |
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Charasmatic Authority |
Leader's exceptional personal appeal to followers |
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Oligarchy |
Few individuals rule |
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Totalitarianism |
Government controls all aspects of society (Hitler, Stalin, Kim Jong Il) |
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Representative Democracy |
Elected members of legislatures make laws. US representative Democracy |
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Power Elite |
Military, industrial, and governmental leaders |
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Pluralist Model 2009 |
Competing groups within the community, no single group can dominate |
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The Communist Party |
Control of China in 1949 & outlawed profit making |
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1960 |
CP controlled ALL enterprises |
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1980 |
CP eased restictions for private enterprises |
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1990 |
CP encouraged entrepreneurs |
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2020 |
China becomes largest economy on the planet |
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Social Change |
Significant alteration in behavior patterns and culture |
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Evolutionary Theory |
Society is viewed as moving in a definite direction |
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Conflict Theory |
Censorship by the powerful invade less powerful privacy |
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Culture Lag |
Maladjustment when nonmaterial struggling to adapt to new material conditions |
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Transnationals |
Immigrants who sustain multiple relationships |
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Unskilled Workers |
Equivalent of $300,000/year |
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Social Movements |
Organized collective activities to bring about changes |
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Resource Mobilization |
Utilization of money, political influence, media, and people |
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False Consciousness |
Attitudes that do not reflect members' objective position |
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New Social Movements |
Organized to promote values, social identities, and improved quality of life as well as focus on the world's people and resources |
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Number 36 is |
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Relative Deprivation |
Negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities |
