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15 Cards in this Set
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Power |
"the chance that individuals or groups will get their way in the face of resistance" (Weber) |
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Politics |
"the struggle among individuals or groups with opposing interests and different power resources" (Weber) |
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Status group |
-"mobilized groups whose members share a distinct life style and way of doing things (which differentiates them from rest of population), and have a place in the hierarchy of prestige, or honor" (Weber) -Keeps others out of their group (exclusion) -(non-economic factors: different than economic class) -status order |
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Party |
-a voluntary association “systematically organized for the collective pursuit of interests” (Weber) -group consciousness and solidarity -Political but also unions, professional organizations, and interest groups. -differ from status/class groups by having higher formal organization (administrative staff - keep membership informed/organized) -rational structure -the three (class, status, party) may or may not overlap (pluralist) |
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domination |
-sub category of power (key brand of) -"a regularized pattern of inequality in which the subordinate group or individual accepts the relationship" (Weber) -regular patterns of inequality accepted by the sub group, obeying dominant group (structure) |
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authority (charismatic, legal, traditional) |
-acceptance of domination by sub group (type of domination) -charismatic: special qualities of the leader -legal: based on law -traditional: precedents from the past (acceptance can be based on: Unthinking habit, Self interest, Fear of reprisals) (force can also be used) |
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bureaucracy |
-"key players in these struggles (politics) -rationally structured organizations -"Specialized occupations with designated duties -A hierarchy of authority, or decision-making power-Management based on written documents -Specific rules and administrative regulations" -social machines -complex society -limit freedom/democracy -important in governing -state as bureaucracy (state claims monopoly of legitimate use of physical force over territory) |
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coercion |
-a class rules through this force with consent from people |
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hegemony |
-consent organized through political and ideological leadership -ruling class forms and nurtures alliances with other groups through ideological work -one group cannot pursue their own interests along; need to work with other classes and create similar interests (national-popular |
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passive revolution |
-major changes to a country’s economic and social structure that are imposed by the state, without the participation of the people -states make changes to disorganize/repress oppositional groups -for bourgeoisie to utilize, revolution from above -characteristic response to organic crisis |
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ideology |
-beliefs and values that shape people's lives -anchored in people’s material lives -material existence as they are embodied in social practices (individuals and institutions) -cement (binding together interest groups)(national-popular will) |
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common sense |
-people spontaneously understand their experiences/world around them -confused and contradictory |
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good sense |
-replace common sense with good sense -more analytic and coherent understanding of themselves/world around them -renovating/making critical already existing activity |
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civil society |
-the institutions between the individual and the state-outside relations of production, separate from state (use of force) -address organized efforts to change practices/relations-power a means that allows groups to develop capacities/potential -hegemony built from negotiation in civil society -participation in political sphere voluntary, non-exploitive like relations of production |
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traditional intellectuals // organic intellectuals |
-traditional: thinkers (professionals) -organic: organizers (social) -each class produces own intellectuals used to organize hegemony for that class (alliances - ideology) -interact with people the state is ruling/intellectuals have to stay close to the people -within state apparatuses |
