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Authority
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Power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.
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Capitalism
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Economic system in which the means of production are held largely in private hands and the...
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Charismatic Authority
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Power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her...
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Communism
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Communal ownership of all property. No social distinctions made on basis of people's...
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Credentialism
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A term used to describe an increase in the lowest level of education needed to enter a field.
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Deindustrialization
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The systematic, widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity, such...
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Downsizing
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Refers to reductions taken in a company's workforce as a part of deindustrialization.
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Economic System
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A society's economic system for producing, distributing, and consuming goods and services will...
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Education
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A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the...
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Elite Model
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A view of society as being ruled by a small group of individuals who share a common set of...
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Force
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The actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others
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Hidden Curriculum
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Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools
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Influence
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The exercise of power through a process of persuasion
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Laissez-faire
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A form of capitalism in which businesses compete freely, with minimal government intervention...
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Legal-Rational Authority
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Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by law
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Microfinancing
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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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Monopoly
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Control of a market by a single business firm
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Pluralist Model
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A view of society in which many competing groups within the community have access to government...
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Politics
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In Harold D. Lasswell's words "Who gets what, when, and how."
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Power
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The ability to exercise one's will over others
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Power Elite
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A term used by C. Wright Mills for a small group of military, industrial, and government leaders...
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Socialism
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An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are collectively rather...
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Teacher-expectancy effect
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The impact that a teacher's expectations about a student's performance may have on the student's...
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Tracking
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The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of their test scores...
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Traditional Authority
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Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice
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