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27 Cards in this Set
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routinization of charisma
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the transfer authority from a charismatic figure to either a traditional or a rational-legal form of authority
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models of power
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functionalist perspective, conflict perspective, ruling class
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functionalist perspective
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pluralism the diffusion of power among many interest groups that prevents any single group from gaining control of that group(check and balances)
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the conflict perspective
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power elite- C. Wright Mills term for the top people inthe U.S. corporations, military, and politics who make the nation's major decisions; consists of the top people
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ruling class
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donhoff's terminology refers to the power the Power eltie control top corporations
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voting paterns and voting aleination
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social integration, voter alienation & apathy, ender and racial ethnic gap in voting
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social integration
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the degree to which people feel apart of social groups
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voter aleination & apathy
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isolated from politics; indifference and inaction on the part of the individuals or groups with respect to the political process "what difference will my vote make"
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gender and racial ethnic gap in voting
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"politcal gap" women and African americans tend to vote democratic while men tend to vote republican
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war and dehumanization
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war exacts many cost in addition to killing people and destroying property, one is its effects on morality, exposure to brutality and killing causes dehumanization
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dehumanization
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proces of reducing people to objects that do not deserved to be treated as humans
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family of orientation
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the family in which a person grows up
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family of procreation
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the family that is formed when a couple's first child is born
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trends in the family
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indicators of change in marriage life and family in the US
1.postponing marriage and childbirth 2. cohabilitation-increased 3. unmarried mothers-increased 4. grandparents and parents- becoming more common for grandparents to raise children 5. the sandwich generation and elder care |
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the sandwich generation and elder care
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people stuck btw two generations responsible for both their children and aging parents
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personal reasons for divorce
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dissimlarity, poor communication, lack of commitment, drastic change in priorites
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reasons for increased rate in divorce
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no fault divorce, divorce culture, geographic mobility
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demography
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the sutdy of the size, composition, growth, and distribution of human populations
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DOUBLING TIME
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time it takes for a population to double
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total fertility rate
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number of children thought to have been born by an age group
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population pyramid
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a graphic representation of a population, didvided into age and sex
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metropolis
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a central city surrounded by smaller cities and their suburbs
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megalopolis
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an urban area consisting of at least two metropolises and their many suburbs
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megacity
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a city of 10 million or more residents
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Malthus
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late 1700 English economist, wrote ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION
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Mathus Theorem
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an observation by Thomas Malthus that although the food supply increases arithmetically (1 to 2 to 3), population grows geometrically (2 to 4 to 8)
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popular soverienty
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the concept that political and legislative power resides with the citizens
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