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| Suburban cities grow around the central city |
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| the ability to control the behavior of others even against their own will |
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| the state of being extremely poor |
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| the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America |
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| a business that does work for a customer, and occasionally provides goods, but is not involved in manufacturing |
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| the ability of individuals or groups to move within a social hierarchy with changes in income, education, occupation. etc |
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| industries which produce goods to be bought and sold by other industries |
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| A state of limited competition, in which a market is shared by a small number of producers or sellers |
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| the deliverate and systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group |
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| institutional discrimination |
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| refers to the disadvantage at which minorities are placed not because of prejudiced individuals but because of the normal working of the social structure |
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| a relatively small group of people, esp. one commonly discrimanated against in a community, societ, or nation from others in race, religion, language, or political persuasion |
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| a large corporation formedby the merging of separate and diverse firms |
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| a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity |
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| social classes are economic or cultural arrangements of groups in society |
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| the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service |
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| the movement of individuals along the social ladder based on changes in the social structure |
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| a closely knit alliance of military, government,and corporate officials perceived as the center of wealth and political power in the US |
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| the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country |
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| an active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups and women |
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| the process by which a minority adopts the dominants group's culture as the culture of the larger society |
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| Tracking is separating pupils by academic ability into groups for all subjects or certain classes and curriculum within a school |
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| seek to influence a politician or public official on an issue |
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| a group of persons working on behalf of or strongly supporting a particular cause, such as an item of legislation, an industry, or a special segment of society |
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| each of the major division of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics |
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| a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior andhas the right to rule others |
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| people of the same race of nationality who share similiar culture |
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| a negative attitude toward a certain group of people |
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| the belief in spirits capable of helping or harming people |
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| the belief in more than one god |
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| an economic system based on private ownership of property and competition in producing and selling goods and services |
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| a school program intended to improve the academic and performance of socially and educationally disadvantaged children |
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| believe that power is widely dispersed and more or less distributed amongst competing groups |
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| believe in the power elite a small group of top leaders not just from business corporations but from military and federal government too hold all the power in the US |
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| believe that the power elite does exist but its because our government is set up in a way that we will always have some sort of power elite |
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