Details Title: ch 9 power and state Description: vocab Total Flash Cards: 14 Created: 11/13/2008 12:32:56		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Sociology Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term state Definition the political institution, people who exercise an effective monopoly in the use of physical coercion withhin a given teritiory Term force Definition power who basis is the threat or application of punishment Term ultimate basis of the state is... Definition force Term social surplus Definition goods and services over and above those necessary for survival-foundations of the state Term functionalists depict the state as... Definition good and assumed a dominant position in contemporary life. it helps society maintain order and provide for the common good. Term thomas hobbes said humans were... and the state had come from... Definition humans were naturally brutal and destructive and the state had come from a social agreement providing for central authority and collective defense as a measure to rid themselves of brutality, violence and chaos Term jean rousseau said humans were...and the state had come from... Definition humans were evil because of private property but were actually noble and caring..and the state had come from establishing private property in order to define and defend property rights Term functionalist's four functions performed by the state Definition planning and direction enforcement of norms arbitration of conflicting interests protection against other societies Term planning and direction Definition new norms are needed deliberate planning formal declaration Term enforcement of norms Definition state is required to ensure law and order by enforcing legal norms Term arbitration of conflicting interests Definition state is required to contain conflict within tolerable limits Term protection against other societies Definition centralized control of mobilization if a people are neeed to maximize their position to their enemies Term conflict perspective sees the state as... Definition an instrument of violence and oppression the state is a vehicle by which one or more groups impose their values and stratification system upon other groups benefiting themselves Term conflict theorists think the state arose from... Definition the desire of ruling elites to give permanence to social arrangements that benefit themselves