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| the struggle for authority and power |
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| the ability to exercise one's will over others |
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| the actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others |
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| the exercise of power through a process of persuasion |
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| power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised |
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| power made legitimate by law or written rules |
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| power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emtional appeal to his or her followers |
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| legitimate power is conferred by custom and accepted practice |
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| society is ruled by a small group of individuals who share a common set of political and economic interests |
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| power rested in the hands of a few, both inside and outside government |
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| many competing groups within the community have access to government officials, so that no single group is dominant |
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| producing, distributing, and consuming goods and services will depend on both its level of development and its political ideologies |
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| an economic system in which the means of production are held largely in private hands, and the main incentive for economice activity is the accumulation of profits |
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| idea by Adam Smith, meaning "let them do". Businesses could compete freely, with minimal government intervention |
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| a single business firm controls the market |
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| means of production and distribution in a society are collectively rather than privately owned |
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| an economic system in which all property is communally owned and no social distinctions are made on the basis of people's ability to produce |
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| lending small sums of money to the poor so they can work their way out of poverty |
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| the systematic, widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity, such as factories and plants |
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| conflict perspective.the reductions taken in a company's workforce as part of deindustrialization |
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