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13 Cards in this Set
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System Blaming approach |
- people tend to interpret social problems from the individualistic perspective - sociology is not about the individual, it is about society |
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person-blame approach |
- assumption that problems are from the pathologies of individuals - negative stereotypes |
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"bad" people cause: |
social problems |
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NOW social problems come from |
individual deviants who violate societies expectations -"abnormal" |
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Social imagination |
-stimulated by a willingness to view social problems -involves focusing on social circumstances that produce the problem rather than individuals |
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Problems of collecting data |
-stereotypes -must study society in a scientific way -cannot be purely neutral -social research = political BIAS |
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monopoly |
the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service. |
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oligarchy |
government run by a few |
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plutocracy |
government by or in the interest of the rich |
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lobbyists |
- speak for the top 1 percent of the income distribution - they serve the powerful rather than national interest |
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military draft |
tax on the poor |
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demography |
the scientific study of a population which can include its current size, distribution, composition, and changes over time |
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assimilation |
process where people/groups adopt a culture, losing their own identity main indicator - language |
