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social circumstances of politics; how politics and society interact. |
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What does political sociology focus on? |
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| Individuals and country to country |
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Government is the formal organization that has the legal authority to regulate relationships between? |
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______ is the social institution whereby people/ groups obtain power. |
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| The ability of persons or groups to achieve their goals in spite of opposition from others. |
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| What is the most basic form of power? |
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| power that people generally accept as legitimate |
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| Who identified three foundational types of authority? |
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1. Traditional- by long standing custom
2. Charismatic- authority that comes from a perons exceptional qualities
3. Rational- legal authority is legitimized by law. |
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| What are the 3 foundational types of authority |
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| one family exercises the power and it is kept passed down in the family. |
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| What is an absolute monarchy? |
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| the royalty serve as symbolic rulers they, but do not have much power (queen elizabeth) |
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| what is a constiutional monarchy? |
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| rulers who hold the power and dont allow others to participate. |
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| What is authoritarianism? |
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| dictatorships and military juntas |
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| what are examples of authoritarian rule? |
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| this is where the state tries to regualte all parts of peoples lives. |
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| use technology and info control. |
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| How do they do this in a modern world? |
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| jihad in afghanistan un the taliban and north korea |
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| What are examples of totalitarianism? |
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| people hold the power (direct, participatory democ.) or through elected officials (representative democ.) |
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| What kind of democracy is the U.S.? |
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| Each state has how many senators? and how many congress person in house of representatives? |
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| The functionalist perspective believes in what? |
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| power is distributed among many conpeting groups called "special interest groups", each seeks their own special interests. |
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| what is the pluralist model? |
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| organizations who give large donations to candidates who they think will support the PAC's causes |
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| what are political action committees? |
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| The conflict perspective believe in what? |
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| power is concentrated in a small group of elite people who use the gov. to impose their own will. (common people are powerless) |
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| who asserts that there is a ruling class in the U.S.-- the 1% who control the money |
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| The power elite also have greater access to the ____. |
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| most people now are most likely to vote a "____ ____" |
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| more social programs, tax heavily and redistribute the wealth, pro immigration, and pro abortion. |
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| Liberals believe in what? |
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| less government is better, people decide how to spend their own money, strict welfare laws, pro life. |
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| conservatives believe in what? |
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| what is primary agent of political socialization? |
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