Sociology

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Race

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Use physical characteristics to identify people

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Social construction

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Ethnicity

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Cultural/heritage/backgrounds

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Minority groups

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Racism

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Belief in the superiority of one race over another

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Prejudice

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Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

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Discrimination

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Act of denying civil rights or equal opportunities to an individual or group based on their race / sex / religious beliefs

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Institutional discrimination

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Occurs during day-to-day operations almost as if it were built there

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Stereotype

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A generalization usually exaggerated or oversimplified and often offensive , that is used to describe or distinguish a group.

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Dominant group

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A social group that controls the value system and rewards in a particular society. The dominant group in Western cultures white, heterosexual men

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Minority group

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A racially distinct group that coexist with, but is subordinate to a more dominant group. Mostly African Americans

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Assimilation

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This occurs when minority groups are absorbed into the culture of the dominant group while sacrificing their own cultural norms and values

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Multicultural

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In society there is multi-culture with no one culture dominating the other.

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Economy

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The wealth and resources of a country or region

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Capitalism

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An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit

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State capitalism

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A political system in which the state has control of production and the use of capital

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Socialism

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A political and economic theory of social organization that Advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange to be owned or regulated by the community as a whole

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Assume that you have a chicken

Socialism- my chicken lays 2 eggs. The government takes one and gives it to the guy who's chicken didn't lay any eggs.

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Corporation

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A company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity(legally a person) and recognized as such in law.

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Monopoly

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The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service

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Interlocking directorate

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A common business practice where a member of a company's board of directors also serves on another company's board or within another company's management

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Oligopoly

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When a small group takes over a business

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Off-shoring

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The work is done overseas

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Outsourcing

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Someone else does the work for us

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Deindustrialization

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Decline an industrial activity in a region or economy.

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Government

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A formal organization with the authority to make and enforce law

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Politics

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The activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power.

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Democracy

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In an ideal setting a democracy is a system of government where the people / citizens are in control of that government and its actions

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Citizenship

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The position or status of being a citizen of a particular country

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Voter apathy

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Lack of caring among voters in an election

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Voter alienation

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A political phenomenon occurring in electoral Politics As a result of a majority of Voters feeling as though the major political parties no longer represent citizens mainstream issues and values.

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Branches of government

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The branches of government are the legislative branch, executive branch and judicial branch

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Checks and balances

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This is the most built so that no one branch of our government could become too powerful

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Special interest groups

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Groups of people motivated by social and political causes

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Lobbyist

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People who are paid to influence legislation on behalf of clients

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Political action committees

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Special interest groups designed to raise money and to elect a candidate

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Traditional Authority

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Authority based on custom and tradition power is often passed from one generation to the next. System of government would be a monarchy

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Charismatic Authority

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Authorities that stems from the exceptional and extraordinary qualities of characters of an individual

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Rational Authority

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Authority that comes from written rules / laws agreed upon by a rational group of people

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Power elite

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A 1956 book by sociologist C. Wright Mills, in which Mills calls attention to the inter woven interest of the leaders of the military, corporate, and political elements of society and suggest that the ordinary citizen is a relatively powerless subject of manipulation by those entities