Chapter 9 Flashcards

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True or false:

Most formal organizations are voluntary associations (ie. Political parties)

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True

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What is a similarity shared by formal organizations everywhere?

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Each organization has a hierarchical structure. If the organization is international they have both international and national offices.

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Briefly describe what a bureaucracy is.

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Bureaucracies are many large formal organizations, an example is government departments, Tim Hortons, and churches.

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Briefly explain non-bureaucracies

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Non-bureaucracies are straightforward, workers can leave work and have someone cover for them easily since the tasks aren’t too specified.

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5
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What are 3 of the needs met through groups?

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  • improve the quality of members lives
  • relieve the suffering of others
  • achieve a specific social and economic goal
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Briefly describe feminist organizations

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Feminist organizations are groups that pursued goals of specific importance to women’s lives (ie. The girls friendly society)

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Feminist groups fall under the group of…

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Improving quality of life

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Describe the type of group: empowerment

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A group that empowers its members helps them gain control over their lives and affairs

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9
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Briefly describe self-government

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A self-governing community that has the power to make its own laws in areas such as policing, taxation and fishing.

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10
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Describe good governance

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Governance that is participatory, accountable, responsive, efficient and effective, transparent and that operates by the rule of law

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Briefly explain improving social status

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Instead of fighting for a better position in mainstream society, self-governing communities have fought to run their own society alongside the mainstream one.

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Self-governing communities that fight to run their own society alongside the mainstream one are called…

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Advocacy groups

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13
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Formal organizations are…

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Structured groups with rules, these stipulate who can join and who does what.

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14
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List 3 examples of group memberships

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  • academic
  • athletics
  • family life
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What is the main focus of the sociologists perspective on group memberships?

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To focus on how groups helps form a persons identity.

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True or false:

Secondary social groups change an individual’s identity greatly

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False- primary social groups are behaviour models

17
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Why do individuals gravitate towards primary social groups instead of secondary?

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Because they change in order to gain security, primary groups like family give them this