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| people or organizations will support, defend, and preserve what is to their benefit and will struggle against what can hurt them. |
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| when people with the power and money have the ability to socially construct beliefs, laws, imformal norms, and traditions in such a way as to make it appear that it is just and right for them to be and remain in a place of power. |
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| The 3 main barriers of solving social problems: |
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| Subjective natur of social problems |
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| what is and what is not a socail problem is a matter of definition. Thus, social problems vary by time and place. |
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| Objective reality of social problems |
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| Some societal conditions harm certain segments of the population and therefore are social problems. |
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| (Maslow) The assumed need of individuals for creative and constructive involvement in productive, significant activity. |
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| Institutionalized deviance |
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| When a society is organized in such a way as to disadvantage some of its members. |
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| Societally induced conditions that harm any segment of the population, and acts and conditions that violate the norms and values found in society. |
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| (C. Wright Mills) emphasizes that individual troubles are inextricably linked to social forces. |
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| The assumption that social problems result from the pathologies of individuals. |
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| The assumption that social problems result from socail conditions. |
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| The assumption by the members of one group that the culture of some other group is not only inferior but also deficient. Term is usually applied by members of a majority to the culture of a minority. |
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| Thje belief that the place of people in the stratification system is a function of their ability and effort. |
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| Any activity that violates the norms of a social organization. |
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| The economis system based on private ownership of property, guided by the seeking of maximum profits. |
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| The economic system in which the means of production are owned by the people for their collective benefit. |
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| When 4 or fewer companies control 50% or more of an industry. |
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| The linkage between corporations that results when: an individual serves on the board of directors of two companies OR when two companies each have a director on the board of a third company. |
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| An individual serves on the board of cirectos for two companies. |
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| when two companies each have a director who is serving on the board of a third company. |
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| A political system that is ruled by a few. |
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| A government by or in the interest of the wealthy. |
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| A political system that is of, by, and for the people. |
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| People who occupy the power roles in society. They are either wealthy or represent the wealthy. |
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| The economic and social constraints on political decision makers that promote the status quo. |
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| The ability to get what one wants from someone else. |
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| Modern demographic transition |
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| A three stage pattern of population change occurring as societies industrialize and urbanize. |
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| A condition of life so degraded by disease, illiteracy, malnutrition, and squalor as to deny its victims the basic necessities. (Those making less than a dollar a day fit in this category) |
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| Transnational Corporation |
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| A profit oriented company engaged in business in more than one country. |
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| The exporting of goods to other countries because they have been deemed to dangerous for sale in the U.S. |
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