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lobbyist |
person hired to influence legislature votes 1971 - 2 companies 1981 - 2000 companies |
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emergent norm theory |
(part of collective behavior) differential expression same behavior for different reasons |
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nuclear family |
man + woman + children |
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capitalism |
private corporations and individuals own means of production |
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intersectionality theory |
highlights the connections and intersections between various forms of inequality, especially race & class & gender |
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conservatives |
maintain status quo pro-business, pro-military, anti-social services |
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denomination |
what church baptist, lutheran |
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"familia" |
a man and his slaves |
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ways gov counters social unrest |
start war, support religious movements, long-winded discussions |
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dependency theory |
country dependent on mother country |
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allah |
god of islam Yahwe and allah |
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collective behavior |
spontaneous, unstructured, temporary actions by a large number of people who interact with each other in response to a common stimulus (wet towels for martian invasion) |
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Political Action Committees (PACs) |
fund promotion for political candidate |
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fascism |
ruled by an authoritarian ideology (do what youre told) |
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communism |
workers own means of production never been a communist country |
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reactionaries |
want to turn back in time anti-human rights, anti-womens rights |
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sect |
a group that breaks off from a denomination to renew their faith by recommitting to a particular dogmatic pint |
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3 stages of forming a sect |
1 - intense committment 2 - conversion experience 3 - demonstration of beliefs |
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oppression psychosis |
always see oppression in culture and always talk about it |
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credentialism |
must have a degree but it does not matter what degree is |
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extended family |
all possible members (relatives) |
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modernization theory |
poor countries need to leave traditions and educate people |
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polygamy |
80% of countries prefer polygamy it is sign of wealth gives more workers |
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John Gultang's warning |
genocide + ecocide + sociocide = omnicide |
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world religions |
massive system of morality different faiths (christianity, islam) |
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dispersed collective behavior |
collective behavior through social media |
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democracy |
ruled by the majority |
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tracking |
giving people certain educations based on what future is expected from them |
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reconstituted families |
mine, yours, and ours |
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liberals |
want inclusion pro - labor, pro - social services |
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multinational corporations |
branches all over world > dont belong to one country tax exempt |
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wallerstein's world system theory |
poor countries are poor because rich exploit them box diagram |
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cult |
new, secretive religious group that forms based on a new revelation |
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contagion theory |
(part of collective behavior) a function of mass hysteria |
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believer's church |
weber's term for a sect (snake in basket) |
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socialism |
government owns means of production |
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indicators of revolution |
general restlessness, unreachable hopes/dreams, oppressed gain power/wealth/intelligence, leaders ridiculed, oppression psychosis, gov responds, illegal revolutionary act |
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legitimate authority (types) |
voluntarily accepted by those affected traditional (culture) rational (laws) charasmatic (extraordinary characteristics of leader) |
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radicals |
want to change the status quo |
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special interest groups |
use different means (rallies) to persuade congressmen votes |
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serial monogamy |
multiple spouses but one at a time |
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Kinsey Report |
1/2 men and 1/3 women have sex outside of marriage but stay married |
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power of nonviolent action |
MLKJ, sociology degrees, powerless can organize to affect change communication (petitions, marches), noncooperation (boycotts), nonviolent intervention (sit ins, disclose secret info) |
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oligarchy |
governed by a few people |
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tyranny of majority |
lack of votes threatens society |
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liberation theology |
a form of christian belief dedicated to combating poverty and other forms of social injustice |