Sociology Exam #4
Power
Max Weber defined it as the ability to exercise or impose one's will over others
internal migration
Migration within a country
Disfranchisement
When a government bars an individual, either temporally or permanently from voting
white flight
Whites moving out of cities to suburbs to avoid mandatory busing or other integration measures imposed on school systems.
Women
Who is more likely to return home after a full day of paid labor and then have to put in a "second shift" at home taking care of domestic work?
immigration
entering another country from another
emigration
exit home country to enter another
care work
face-to-face activity in which one person meets the needs of another who cannot fully care for themselves
how symbolic interactionism sees family
family relations are mad with interactions between one another
direct displacement
forcing one to leave by raising prices
Monarchy
headed by a king or a queen (passed down)
Political Action Committee (PAC)
organization designed to raise money to support the interest of a particular group
urban/suburban sprawl
outside boundaries blur with one another
Special interest groups
people who think alike on an issue and mobilized for action
rural rebound
population increase in rural counties
Dictatorship
power held by an individual or entity (seized)
oligarchy
power seized by a small group of individuals
exogamy
practice of marrying someone from another social group
polygamy
relationship with multiple people
monogamy
relationship with one person
indirect displacement
sense of isolation, do not feel comfortable in their own town
simulated cities
social spaces designed to give the impression of a city
Political Action Committee (PAC)
solicit and spend funds form groups of donors to influence
gentrification
spatial expression of economic inequality
representative democracy
voters elect representatives to govern and make decisions on their behalf
Force, influence, and authority
what are the three basic sources of power within any political system?
the second shift
Arlie Hochschild's study of two-income families found that women are much more likely to do the majority of the unpaid labor after paid labor
Power Elite
C. Wright Mills; small networks of individuals who hold concentrated power in modern societies
True
Candidates from both major political parties in the U.S. spend a lot of money to try to win an election
two or more individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption who share the same household
How does the US Census Bureau define "family"?
through a sexual division of labor within the home
according to conflict theory, how does the nuclear family facilitate exploitation?
revitalization
city planners have redesigned their central cities to make them more amenable to people moving in, especially higher income residents.
edge cities
clusters of large buildings away from the central business district
endogamy
cultural pressure to marry someone of the same social group as you
legal-rational
derived from written rules and regulations
direct democracy
eligible voters meet to discuss issue and make decisions
lobbyists
employed by special interest groups
Endogamy
in the US today, very few people marry outside of their own socioeconomic class, suggesting that their is a high degree of...
Traditional authority
legitimated because of customs or practice
charismatic authority
legitimated by leader's exceptional personal appeal
migration
movement of people from one place to another
Democracy
system of government in which authority derives from the people
social institutions
systems and structures that organize our group life, such as school, religion, and the government
homogamy
tendency to chose mates of the same social group
propinquity
tendency to chose people who live close to us
how structural functionalism sees family
the family does many things that are good for society
how conflict theory sees family
the family exploits women and inequality
centralized socialism
the means of production and distribution are collectively rather than privately owned
capitalism
the means of production are largely in private hand
urbanization
the moving of people from sparsely populated areas such as farms to densely populated areas such as large metropolitan areas
suburbanization
the shift of large core to the edges of a city
Demography
the study of the size, composition, distribution, and changes in human population
Mixed Economy
this is when both the state and individuals produce and distribute goods and services