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20 Cards in this Set
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corporations |
large scale organizations that have legal powers, such as the ability to enter into contracts and buy and sell property, separate from their individual owners |
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interlocking corporate directorates |
members of the board of directors of one corporation who also sit on the board(s) of other corporations
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welfare state |
a state in which there is extensive government action to provide support and services to the citizens
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oligopoly |
a condition that exists when several companies overwhelmingly control an entire industry
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transnational corporation |
large corporations that are headquartered in one or a few countries but sell and produce goods and services in many countries |
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totalitarianism |
a political system in which the state seeks to regulate all aspects of people's public and private lives |
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representative democracy |
a form of democracy whereby citizens elect representatives to serve as bridges between themselves and the government.
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routinization of charisma |
the process by which charismatic authority is succeeded by a bureaucracy controlled by a rationally established authority or by a combination of traditional and bureaucratic authority |
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political socialization |
the process by which people learn political attitudes, values, and behavior.
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authority |
power that people accept as legitimate rather than coercive |
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kinship |
a social network of people based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption |
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blended families |
a family consisting of a husband and wife, children from previous marriages, and children (if any) from new marriage. |
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nuclear family |
a family composed of one or two parents and their dependent children, all of whom live apart from other relatives. |
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second shift |
Arlie Hochschild's term for the domestic work that employed women perform at home after they complete their workday on the job |
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mass education |
the practice of providing free, public schooling for wide segments of a nation's population. |
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tracking |
the practice of assigning students to specific curriculum groups and courses on the basis of their test scores, previous grades, or other criteria
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cultural transmission |
the process by which children and recent immigrants become acquainted with the dominant cultural beliefs, values, norms, and accumulated knowledge of a society |
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credentialism |
a process of social selection in which class advantage and social status are linked to the possession of academic qualifications |
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cultural capital |
Pierre Bourdieu's term for people's social assets, including values, beliefs, attitudes, and competencies in language and culture. |
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Webber 3 types of authority |
Traditional-based on long standing custom Charismatic authority-inspire loyalty through personal qualities Rational- legitimized by law |
