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Sociology A Down to Earth Approach
Test 4
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
06/02/2011

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illegitimate=coercion power, non-consensual
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the ability to control others, despite their wishes to the contrary
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legitimate=authority power, consensual
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the ability to control others
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Weber two kinds of power
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illegitimate and legitimate
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3 kinds of authority
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traditional, rational-legal, charismatic
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traditional authority
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based on customs, power is unlimited, there is a predictable succession, the ideology is divine right
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rational-legal authority aka bureaucratic authority
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based on written rules, power is limited, succession, ideology is majority rule/democracy
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charismatic authority
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power resides in emotions of followers, unlimited power, unpredictable succession, routinization of charisma
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routinization of charisma
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transfer of authority from a charismatic leader to either traditional or rational legal authority
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variations in marriage and family
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polygamy, polygyny, polyandry, monogamy
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polygamy
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multiple marriages
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polygyny
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multiple wives
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polyandry
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multiple husbands
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monogamy
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one husband, one wife
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kismet
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romantic destiny
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endogamy
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marrying within one's own group
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exogamy
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marrying outside of one's own group
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Durkheim-view on religion
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sacred v. profane, collective conscience, evokes awe, mystery, fear, hope
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Marx-view on religion
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"opium of the masses", helps people to forget their misery
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Weber-view on religion
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Protestant ethnic, capitalism
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Gemeinschaft
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a type of society in which life is intimate; a community in which everyone knows everyone else and people share a sense of togetherness
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Gesellschaft
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a type of society that is dominated by impersonal relationships, individual accomplishments, and self-interest
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back stage self
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private persona
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front stage self
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public persona
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deviant acts
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the violation of norms or rules or expectations
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