Social Problems - Exam 1

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Eitzen social problems

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1. Immigration/browning of America
2. Greying of America
3. Inequality gap
4. $ in elections
5. Globalization and transformation of economy
6. Plight of poor

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Social pathologist study what?

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study social problems/behaviors that disturbing the "moral oder".

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Who did social pathologist blame for social problems?

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mental ill, uneducated, maladjusted ect.

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What are social problems determined by?

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Time and audience

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T/F: is subjectively always present?

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True

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Norm violators

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People who violate the moral norms of society.

example, killing someone in war is different then killing someone in the streets.

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Social conditions

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Cause suffering for U.S. citizens

example: poverty, health care, and the job market.

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sociological imaginations

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stepping into someone else's shoes and seeing through their eyes without judgment

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What does the person - blame approach do?

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approach blames the individual for his/her doing and doesn't blame or change the system.

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What does the system blame approach do?

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This approach goes through the system but it's harder to go through and still blames the individual and doesn't change.

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Sociological methods

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1. value neutrality
2. experiments
3. surveys

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subjective nature of social problem

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Social problems based on audience and time

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objective reality of social problems

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Social conditions that harm something or someone is a social problem

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Institutionalized deviance

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Society organizes to make a disadvantage to some of its members.

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recidivism

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reinvolvement in crime

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Social theory

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set of ideas that explains range of human behavior and social/societal effort

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value neutrality

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to be absolutely free of bias

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3 key contradictions in capitalism by Marx

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1. monopoly eliminate competition and gouge consumers
2. lack of planning and over producing
3. higher demand for machinery and lower wages for workers

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shared monopoly

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four or fewer companies control 50%+ of industry

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monopoly

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exclusive control of supply/trade of a product of service

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direct interlock vs. indirect interlock

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direct interlock is being on board of directors for two companies
indirect interlock is being on board of directors or one company

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power elite

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people who occupy the most influential roles of society

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subsidy

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money given by the gov. to a person or group

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How PACs corrupt democracy

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super rich influence elections
buy influence over gov. policies

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mega-mergers

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gain corporations come together

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democracy

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political system for the people, by the people

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3 equalities of democracy

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1. majority prevails
2. equality before law
3. maximize common good

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oligarchy

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gov. ruled by few

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plutocracry

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gov. by or in the interest of the rich

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reaganomics

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trickle down solution

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cloture

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vote needed to end a fillbuster

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systemic imperatives

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economic and social constraints on political decision makers that limited the status quo

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who believed in the invisible hand

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Adam Smith

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centralized planning is a component of....?

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socialism

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T/F: Union workers make more then non union peers

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True

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T/F: Latinos have the lowest work related death rates

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False

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discouraged worker

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out of work and isn't looking.

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another name for scientific management

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Taylorization

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How does taylorization effect the plight of American workers

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easy to replace, small skill set.

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provisions of Sweden Heathcare system

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1. national health insurance
2. family support program for parents and kids
3.care of the elderly
4. subsidized housing

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conditions for a pure capitalist state (4)

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1. private ownership
2. personal profit
3. competition
4 laissez-faire

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Why does capitalism promote inequality?

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profit

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principles for socialism (5)

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1. democracy
2. egalitarianism
3. community
4. public ownership of production
5. planning

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who is the nanny state

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socialism

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outsourcing

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taking a company task and moving it overseas

example, call centers

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offshoring

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moving complete company overseas

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sunset indistries

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industries declining in output and employment

example, steel.

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contingent work

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temporyary, contracted, self employed ect.

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homeshoring/homesourcing

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independent contractors working from home

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when was the great recession

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2007-2010

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factors of great recession

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1. unemployment
2. housing
3. fanatical decline
4. personal bankruptcy
5. downward social mobility
6. poverty
7. hunger
8. new homeless

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There's eight of them

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four ways employers control workers

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1. scientific management
2. bureaucracy
3. monitoring workers
4. extortion

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new homeless

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middle class families after recession

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capital flight

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investment choices that involve the movement of corporate monies from one investment to another