The Power Elite

Question 1

Social Inequality Aversion

Answer 1

Emotional discomfort resulting from witnessing or experiencing an unfair outcome

Question 2

Positions of power

Answer 2

roles that grant them control over the lives of other people

Question 2

Social reproduction

Answer 2

process by which society maintains enduring character from generation to generation

Question 2

Power elite

Answer 2

small group of interconnected ppl who occupy top positions in imp. social institutions

Question 3

Pluralist theory of power

Answer 3

idea that US politics is characterized by competing groups that work together to achieve goals

NOTE: contrasts the Elite Theory of Power

Question 3

Elite theory of power

Answer 3

idea that a small group of networked individuals control the most powerful positions
- more homogeneous
- most are born into network

NOTE: contrasts the Plurist Theory of Power

Question 4

Social Capital

Answer 4

Number of people we know and the resources they can offer us

Question 5

Cultural capital

Answer 5

Symbolic resources that communicate one’s social status

Question 5

Social closure

Answer 5

Advantaged groups preserve opportunities for themselves while restricting them from others

Ex; elite college

Question 6

Pierre Bourdieu’s types of cultural capital (3)

Answer 6

1. Objectified
2. Institutional
3. Embodied

Question 7

Cultural Capital: Institutional

Answer 7

who endorses you

Question 8

Cultural Capital: Objectified

Answer 8

refers to the symbolic significance of objects we own