exam 3 Flashcards

1
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The idea/myth that any individual in the US can climb the ladder to success

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American Dream

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2
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“People who live in towns or cities” Class that owns production

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Bourgeoisie

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3
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Assets used to provide goods and services. Materials and people

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Capital

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4
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Synonym for bourgeoisie

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Capitalist

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5
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Rigid social division based on status at birth

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Castes

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6
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Social hierarchy determined by one’s relationship to the means of production

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Class

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7
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Sense of belonging to and identifying with a particular social class.

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Class identity

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8
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language competencies, attitudes, behaviors, and general familiarity with culture and symbols of a particular class

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Cultural Capital

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9
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Term for intersection of class and ethnicity in determining a person’s identity

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Ethclass

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10
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Sense of belonging to or identifying with a class to which one does not belong

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False consciousness

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11
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The technological, economic, and knowledge bases of a society

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Forces of production

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12
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Cultural leadership or domination, Antonio Gramsci

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Hegemony

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13
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Informal power. Rooted in factors such as money, guns, and organization

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Influence

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14
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Inputs such as raw materials and tools that produce things of value to society

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Means of production

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15
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The ability to force others, even if they resist, to carry out your policies

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Power

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16
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Urban propertyless workers who, he felt, stood in opposition to the owners of the means of production

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Proletariat

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17
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How people involved in production relate to each other and to the surplus that they collectively produce

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Social relations of production

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18
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The process by which individuals and groups rank each other socially and differentiate each other in a hierarchy

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Social stratisfication

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19
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The process where Asian Americans were blended in and accepted by whites in the United States

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Social whitening

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20
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A composite measure based on income, education, and occupation that combines class and status to determine a person’s place in the social ladder

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Socioeconomic status (SES)

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21
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One of Weber’s three dimensions for ranking members in society. Based on the prestige or social esteem that others in the society accord a person

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Status

22
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Total assets a person owns minus debt owed

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Wealth

23
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Selection of candidates to run in an election by direct vote of the electorate

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Direct Primary

24
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Electoral device by which interested citizens can propose legislation through petitions signed by a specified number of registered voters

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Initiative

25
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A political organization to mobilize votes and distribute the benefits of office to its members

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Machine

26
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Basic unit of city-level, political party organization inn the United States. Each containing 200 to 1,000 voters

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Precinct

27
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A provision permitting removal of elected officials before the expiration of their terms if the electorate so votes in a special election

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Recall

28
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An electoral device that permits citizens to decide directly upon proposed legislation

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Referendum

29
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The political division of a city for the purpose of electing members of the city council

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Ward

30
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Observation and tracking of choices and the actors involved

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Decision Analysis

31
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Urban politics is dominated by a relatively small, cohesive elite, primarily from the private business sphere

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Elitist model of community power

32
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Describes urban politics as pluralistic in terms of the individuals or groups represented in decision making, with no one dominant group

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Pluralist model of community power

33
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Research technique involving surveying the opinions of knowledgeable persons in the community about who makes key decisions

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Reputational analysis

34
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The study of the network of relationships among members of a group

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Sociometry

35
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The heart of a North American city, contains most of its income

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Central business district

36
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The smaller central places offer little help to the surrounding areas, while the larger support more area outside the city

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Central place theory

37
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School of thought developed at the University of Chicago

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Chicago school of sociology

38
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Cities consist of zones moving outward from the CBD. The further from the center the richer, and the people in each zone are different groups

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Concentric zone model

39
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The process of people of a higher income moving into places of lower income

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Gentrification

40
Q

Rundown section of the city, contains little to no money, often the people who are of a similar race

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Ghetto

41
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Area adjacent to and dependent on an urban center

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Hinterland

42
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A measure of absolute racial segregation in housing citywide

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Index of dissimilarity

43
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A measure of relative racial segregation in housing citywide

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Index of exposure

44
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The location, arrangement, and interrelationships between social and physical elements within a city

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Internal structure of the city

45
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Terms that describe the process of social changes in cities.

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Invasion and succession

46
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Transforming a substance into a new product

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Manufacturing

47
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A spatial form with many specialized centers. Not a city or a suburb

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Multinucleated metropolitan region

48
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A view where a city has more than one center as opposed to a CBD

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Multiple nuclei model

49
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The area around a place from which persons travel to the center to purchase goods

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Range

50
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A model that classes hold wedge-shaped sectors from the CBD.

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Sectoral model

51
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A term describing how cities of different sizes and functional types are interdependent

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System of cities

52
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Study of the spatial distribution of people and institutions in cities from a distinctive perspective

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Urban ecology