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| a major sphere of social life or societal subsystem organized to meet human needs which are economics and politics |
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| is the social institution that organizes a society's production, distribution and consumption of good and services. |
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| are commodities ranging form necessities which are food clothing and shelter to automobiles swimming pools and yachs. |
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| are activities that benefit others like priest doctors teacher and computer software specialist |
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| T/F industrial revolution raised living standards as the production of countless new products fueled an expanding economy. however benefits of this technology were shared very unequally especially at the beginning. |
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| In 1950 what was the postindustrial economy? |
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| a productive system based on service work and high technology |
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| Primary sector of economy? |
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| part of the economy that draws raw materials from the natural environment |
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secondary sector of economy?
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| the part of the economy that transforms raw materials into manufactured good like refining petroleum into gasoline and turing metals into automobiles. |
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is the part of the economy that involves service rather than goods so 38% for low income
58% for middle and 68 for hight |
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| Expanding economic activity that crosses national borders. |
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| is an economic system in which natural resources and the mean of producing goods and service are privately own |
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| an economic and political system that combines a mostly market-based economy with extensive social welfare programs. |
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| economic and political system in which companies are privately owned but cooperate closely with the government. |
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| Economic productivity is gross domestic product? What does that mean? what is the comparision between capitalist and social system |
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the total value of all goods and services produced annually.
Capitalism= 13,500
social= 5000 |
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Economic equality
looked at the income ratios based on earning of the richest 5% and the poorest 5% |
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in capitalism is 10:1
and social is 5:1
Which shows capitalist economies support a higher overall standard of living but with greater income inequality |
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income inequality is higher in the U.S or in Russia
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| False it is in russia not the U.S. |
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| Working for income- what were the percents for african americans hispanic whites men and women |
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aa=59 whites=70.1 asian=70.9 hispanic 74
Women
aa=55 whites 56 non hispanic 51 Asian 54 |
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in 1900 roughly 40% of U.S. workers were farmers in 2003 just 1% were in agriculture |
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| how did the changing pattern of work in the U.S. from farming, blue collar, white collar change from 1900 to 2010 |
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farming went down great
blue collar didn't start declining till 1960
White Collar went up every year being the strongest. |
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| a prestigious white-collar occupation that requires extensive formal education. |
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| what are the four characteristic that exhibit a proffesion |
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Theoretical knowldege meaning not just simply technical training.
Self-regulating practice- profession is usually self employed in private practice.
authority over clients- clients trust their truths.
Community orientation rather than self interest- to help service the community not just for income to sruvive |
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| what is a paraprofessional |
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| a medical technologist which posses a specialized skill but lack the extensive theoretical education required of full professional |
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| has self employment increase or decreased? |
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| Do men or women own most of the nations small businesses? |
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| Economic slow down that began in 2000 resulted in millions of lost job especially among what type of workers? |
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| t/f some regions of the U.S. especially rural areas have unemployment rate double the nations average. |
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| t/f unemployment among african americans is more than twice the rate among white people. women have lower rates of unemployment compared to men, |
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| t/f African american population has increased over 1990 to 2000 |
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corporation
How does it helpt |
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organization with a legal existence including rights and liabilities apart from that of its members.
Helps protect the health of the owners against disputes that occur and suing.
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Why does the law forbid corporation from establishing Monopoly with one another?
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The domination of a market by a single producers which would be able to dictate prices.
But oligopoly is able becasue the domination of a market by a few producer is legal.
Federal goverment helps protect consumers |
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| where are the biggest corporation based in the U.S. |
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| the social institution that distributes power sets a society's goals and makes decisions. |
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| the ability to achieve desired ends despite resistance from others to a large degree the exercise of power is the resistance from others. |
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| a formal organization that directs the political live of a society |
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| how is authroity seen different today? among traditonal authority |
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First off traditional authority is based on hier and if your family member was in office or not. know it doesn't matter just because the the president son doesn't mean that you become president automatically
this is called rational legal authority |
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| Charismatic authority power? |
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| is l=power legitimized by the extraordinary personal qualities focused more on the individual person |
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| routinization of charisma: |
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is the thought of the transformation of charismatic authority into some combination of traditional and bureaucratic authority.
like jesus teaching into the bible and into the teachings of the catholic church. |
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political system in which a single family rules from gen to gen. found in agrarian societies.
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| T/F in 2004 28 out of 192 nation were political monarchies where single families pass power from generation to generation. |
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type of political system that gives power to the people as a whole
furthermore democracy is given by people who have alot of money and usually only hear the above average class |
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| WHAT NATION ARE HAVE POLITICAL FREEDOM |
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u.s., Brazil, peru, Australia India
88 of world's nation
35% are not free china egypt
55 are partly free russian federation |
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| political system that denies the people participate in goverment |
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| The U.S. took over Britian's government |
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| government agencies and programs that provide benefits to the population |
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| T/F liberal rights to bring equality among members of a society |
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| Republican is more conservative on economic and social strucutre |
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| College women are more liberal than Men |
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Men seem to stay more conservative on their side of the spectrum
Women stayed more liberal |
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| Stronger faith in Democrates then in republicans |
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| 2002 and 2004 control was more in the republican side |
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| Bush got 55 popular votes in 80 counties while kerry got 48 in low dense areas. |
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Demoricate is urban
and rural is republican |
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| people organized to address some economic or social issue usually consist of older adults farmers fireworks producers and environmentalists and also in nation where political parties seem to be weak. |
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Who does special interest groups employ?
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| They employ lobbyist to work on their behalf trying to get members of congress to support their goals have 1500 in washington |
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| Political action committees |
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| formed by special interest groups to raise and spend money in support of political aims. so they channel their funds directly to candidates likely to support their interests. grown rapidly 40% of funds came from political action committees. |
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| 90% of all the people that own the money own most of the money. |
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| people over the age of 65 are twice as likely to vote |
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| White are more likely to vote then hispanics or african americans |
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| people making more money are twice as likely to vote than those earning 25,000 |
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| Political Apathy by income level raises with increase of people making less than 5,000 which is 66% poorest and then 25% who make 75,000 |
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| 48 out of the 50 states have laws that bar felons people in jail on probation or on parole after being convicted. |
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| 10 million are affected from not voting b/c of the law forbiding people in jail to vote |
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| analysis of politics that sees power as spread among many competing interest groups |
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| Many people in the U.S. are losing confidence in their leaders. more than 80% of U.S. adults report having at best only some confidence in members of congress |
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| is the overtrhow of one political system in order to establish another. changes system it self. |
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| Why does political revolution occurs? |
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1 rising expectations- when people are servely deprived
2. unresponsive goverment- more likely when a gov is unwilling to reform itself especially when demands for change eing made by powerful segments of society are not heard.
3. Radical leadership by intellecutals- usually from college |
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| violence or the threat of such violence used as a political strategy by an individual or a group |
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