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Bureaucracy

A way we administratively organize large numbers of people who need to work together organizations in the public and private sector including universities and governments rely on bureaucracies

False Consciousness

A way of thinking that prevent a person from perceiving the true nature of their social or economic situation

Rich and poor

Karl Marx 2 Social Classes

Bourgeoisie- middle class capitalist owners of the means of production



Proletariat- working-class those who don't own capital; must sell their labor to survive

I don't have what you need to survive as a human

Absolute poverty

Condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs including food water and shelter

Relative poverty

A standard which is defined in terms of the society in which an individual lives and which therefore differs between countries and overtime.

Poverty Rate

The minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country

Socioeconomic status

A economic and social logical combination total measure of a person's work experience and of the individuals or families economic and social position in relation to others based on income education and occupation

Colonization

The act of settling a group of people in a new place

Means of production

The facilities and resources for producing goods

Race

Groups of people who have differences and similarities and biological traits deemed by society to be social significant

Race

Groups of people who have differences and similarities and biological traits deemed by society to be social significant

Ethnicity

The fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition

Stereotyping

A widely held by fixed and Ober simplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing

Discrimination

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things especially on the grounds of race age or sex

European immigrants

Accidentally landed in North America took over by mass genocide

People of color

Taken from their homeland and forced into slavery slavery

Institutional racism

Pattern of social institutions such as government organizations schools banks etc.

Affirmative action

An action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination especially in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination

Affirmative action

An action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination especially in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination

Objectification

A notion central to feminist theory. Defined as the seeing or treating a person usually a woman as an object

Sexism

Prejudice stereotyping or discrimination typically against opposite sex on the basis of sex

Sexual harassment

Any unwanted sexual attention from persons or significant other

Sexual harassment

Any unwanted sexual attention from persons or significant other

Patriarchy

A system of society or government in which the father or elders male is head of the family and decent is traced through the male line

Men rule

Cohort

A collection of people who share an experience or characteristic overtime, and is applied as a method of defining a population for research purposes.

Cohort

A collection of people who share an experience or characteristic overtime, and is applied as a method of defining a population for research purposes.

Period effects

The variation in the youth participation rate caused by the particular year in which that participation is observed

Outcomes of rapid population growth

Reduction in natural resources per worker.


Increase in technological knowledge.

Reform

Make changes and typically social political or economic's institution or practice in order to improve it

Reform

Make changes and typically social political or economic's institution or practice in order to improve it

Revolutionary movements

Specific type of social movement dedicated to carrying out the revolution

Reform

Make changes and typically social political or economic's institution or practice in order to improve it

Revolutionary movements

Specific type of social movement dedicated to carrying out the revolution

Ideology

A set of cultural believes and values and attitudes that underlie and just about either the status quo or movements to change it

Reform

Make changes and typically social political or economic's institution or practice in order to improve it

Revolutionary movements

Specific type of social movement dedicated to carrying out the revolution

Ideology

A set of cultural believes and values and attitudes that underlie and just about either the status quo or movements to change it

Anomie

Lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual group

Cultural diffusion

The spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another