UCSP Flashcards

1
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  • “Social animal and by nature s/he is a political being”
  • To live in the state and to be a man were identical
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Aristotle

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  • “State is necessary because it comes into existence due to basic needs of life”
  • It continues to remain for the sake of good life
  • Aims, desires and aspirations of human beings are translated into action through state
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Niccolo Machiavelli

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3
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“State is people organized for law within definite territory”

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Woodrow wilson

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4
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Independent political entity with geographical boundaries

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State

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5
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Can not exist without sovereignty

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State

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6
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Refers to/has fixed territory

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State

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7
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Large body of people united by common origin, culture, ethnicity and language

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Nation

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8
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Refers to group of people

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Nation

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9
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No need sovereignty

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Nation

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10
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Has 4 elements

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State

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11
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Possesses original powers

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State

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12
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Permanent and continues forever

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State

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13
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Abstract and invisible

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State

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14
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Part of state

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Government

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15
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Powers of government derived from state
Temporary. Can be replaced with people’s will

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Government

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16
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Concrete and visible

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Government

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17
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  • Power of state to regulate freedom and property rights
  • To protect public safety, health and morals or to promote convenience and general prosperity
  • Welfare of people is the supreme law
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Police Power

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18
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Power to impose tax on individuals and properties to support the government

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Taxation

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18
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Right of state to use or destroy property of subjects for the ends of public utility or extreme necessity but with compensation

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Eminent Domain

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19
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persons belonging to same class taxed at same rate

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Uniform Taxation

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20
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as resources becomes higher, his rate likewise increase

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Progressive Taxation

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21
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tax according to taxpayers’ capacity to pay

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Equitable Taxation

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22
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System of government basing its legitimacy on the participation of people

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Democracy

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23
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Total sovereignty is invested in one person, a head of state called ______, who holds the position until death or abdication

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Monarchy

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24
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Types of Monarch: based on divine right

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Absolute

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25
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Types of Monarch: monarchs are little more than symbolic heads of state; actual governing is responsibility of elected officials

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Constitutional

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26
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  • Prohibits opposition parties, restricts individual opposition to state and its claim
  • Exercises extremely high degree of control over public and private life
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Totalitarian

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27
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  • Denies the people participation in government
  • Indifferent to people’s needs and offers them no voice in selecting leaders
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Authoritarian

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28
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Financial intermediaries or the regulations of society’s flow of money

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Banks

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29
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keep money in safe place, and to earn interest in savings

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As borrowers

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30
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borrow money to finance spending

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As lenders

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31
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pay bills, and from customer to customer

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As transferers of money

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32
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Owned by people who voluntarily cooperate with each other under the influence of social, economic and cultural benefits

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Corporations

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33
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form of worker self-management

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Producer (or worker)

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34
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customers share in the profit in relation to purchases

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Consumer

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35
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  • Established by states and private interests
  • Promotes economic growth having preferential interest-rates and terms of repayment
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Economic Development Agencies

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36
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Employee organization primarily concerned with improving conditions and rewards of working lives of members

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Trade(s) Union

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37
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Realization of interdependency of all countries in different issues such as economic, security and laws
Types:
International Non-governmental Organizations (INGOs)
Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)

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International Organization

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37
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Group with social advocacy across national boundaries
Ex: Red Cross, World Vision, Habitat for Humanity

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Transnational Advocacy Groups

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38
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responsive when there are needs and concerns of different countries

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Actor

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39
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means of dialogue esp. in crisis and conflict between nations

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Forum

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40
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sharing resources both intellectual and material esp. when times of calamity

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Resource

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41
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  • Social institution found in all societies
  • Unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another
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FAMILY

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42
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“a highly structured secondary group formed to achieve specific goals in the most efficient manner.” Who said this, and what term did she defined

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Diana Kendall, Formal Organization

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43
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joined voluntarily to pursue a common interest or gain personal satisfaction or prestige

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Normative

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44
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joined voluntarily to provide with material reward

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Utilitarian

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45
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forced to join as a form of punishment (prison) and treatment (psychiatric hospitals)

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Coercive

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46
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  • Showed one of clearest links between individuals and individuals
  • One that individuals attach subjective meanings to
  • Action that are meaningful
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Social Action

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47
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who define social action?

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max weber

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48
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actor’s habitual and customary ways of behaving

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Traditional Action

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49
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emotional state of actor

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Affectual Action

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50
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conscious belief in value of some ethical, aesthetic, religious or other behavior

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Value Rationality

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51
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goal orientation

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Means-ends Rationality

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52
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  • Hereditary authority
  • monarchy
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Traditional Authority

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53
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  • Charismatic leaders whose authority comes from followers
  • “Belief in leaders”
  • Cult leaders, dictators
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Charismatic Authority

54
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  • Goal-oriented leadership for the benefit of society
  • Duly-elected government officials, bureaucrats
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Rational-Legal Authority

55
Q

Large rational organizations designed to perform task effectively

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BUREAUCRACY

56
Q

who states the features of bureaucracy?

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max weber

57
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division of labor

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Specialization

58
Q

jobs structured from greater to lesser amount of authority

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Hierarchy of Position

59
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formal rules and regulations guide a bureaucracy’s operations

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Rules and Regulations

60
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bureaucratic workers are technically trained

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Technical Competence

61
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rules and regulations, not personal whim, govern the treatment of both clients and workers so they are treated equally/same way

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Impersonality

62
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reliance on records and files

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Formal Written Communications

63
Q

Formal organizations are designed to serve humanity but Weber feared that people might end up serving formal organization

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Dehumanization

64
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Failure to carry out work or service is exists to perform
By the time computer/service arrives, it is already out of date or unnecessary

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Inefficiency and Rigidity

65
Q

He pointed out link between political oligarchy and bureaucracy, the rule of the many by the few
“Iron law of oligarchy”
Pyramid shape of bureaucracy places few leaders in charge of organizational resources

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Oligarchy (Robert Michels)

66
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Who wrote the book “The Mcdonaldization of Society”?

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George Ritzer

67
Q

Process of “rationalization”
i.e. substitution of traditional views to logical or pragmatic rules/views and how it can be applied to any task
McDonald’s a representative of a contemporary global paradigm

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Mcdonaldization

68
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Process of choosing optimum means to a given end
Every business looks for efficiency even in a non-McDonaldized society

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Efficiency

69
Q

Emphasis on the quantity of products sold & speed of service offered
More products sold (size/cost) & the faster service provided

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Calculability

70
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Emphasis on “discipline, order, systemization, formalization, routine, consistency and methodical operation”
Experience of customers at McDonald’s in Kolkata, India is the same in Bismarck, North Dakota

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Predictability

71
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Emphasis on controlling workers and customers
To maintain greater control over the complete rationalizing process through mechanisation
Substituting of humans by non-human technology and making tasks repetitive

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Control

72
Q

“Education the most important weapon”

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Nelson Mandela

73
Q

Passage to progress
Gradual process which brings positive changes in human life

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education

74
Q

Takes place in school, where a person may learn basic, academic or trade skills

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FORMAL EDUCATION

75
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Not imparted by an institution (e.g. school), not given according to any fixed timetable

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INFORMAL EDUCATION

76
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Someone (i.e. not in school) can learn literacy, other basic skills or jobs
Includes adult basic education, adult literacy education, or school equivalency preparation

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NON-FORMAL EDUCATION

77
Q

Open, stated and intended goals or consequences of activities within an organization or institution:
Socialization
Transmission of culture
Social control
Social placement

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Manifest Functions of Education

78
Q

Hidden, unstated and sometimes unintended consequences of activities within an organizaiton or institution
Restricting some activities
Matchmaking and production of social networks
Creating a generation gap

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Latent Functions of Education

79
Q

System by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy according to power, wealth and prestige

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SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

80
Q

pertains to ownership or control of resources

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Wealth

81
Q

ability to compel obedience or control people

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Power

82
Q

refers to social recognition

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Prestige

82
Q

Refers to the positions that an individual occupies

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SOCIAL STATUS

82
Q

assigned to a person by society

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Ascribed

83
Q

social position earned or accomplished

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Achieved

84
Q

Change position within social hierarchy

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SOCIAL MOBILITY

85
Q

change from one status that is higher or lower

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Vertical Mobility

85
Q

state the social stratification system?

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Dr. RICHARD T. SCHAEFER

86
Q

change to another that is roughly equivalent

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Horizontal Mobility

87
Q

most extreme form of legalized social inequality for both individuals and groups. Enslaved individuals are owned by other people

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Slavery

88
Q

hereditary rank usually religious dictated

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Castes

89
Q

associated with feudal system societies during Middle Ages

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Estate

89
Q

As capital becomes more concentrated, the two classes become increasingly more hostile to one another

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CONFLICT THEORY

89
Q

social ranking based on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility

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Class

90
Q

own the means of production

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Bourgeoisie (capitalists)

91
Q

work for those who own the means of production

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Proletariat (workers)

92
Q

Social inequality exists because it plays vital part in the continued existence of society
The more important position in society, the more reward a society attaches to it

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FUNCTIONALIST THEORY

93
Q

We size people by looking for clues to their social standing
We can know a person’s position in society through status symbol

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SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST THEORY

94
Q

State in which resources, usually material but sometimes cultural are lacking

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POVERTY

95
Q

lack of resources people in relative to those who have more

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Relative Poverty

95
Q

lack of resources that is life-threatening

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Absolute Poverty

96
Q

Feature of social organizations such as networks, norms, trust that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit

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Social Capital

97
Q

Resources available to an individual based on honor, prestige and recognition

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Symbolic Capital

98
Q

Goodwill that politician policy can build up with the public pursuit through the pursuit of popular pol

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Political Capital

99
Q

the law that states the 3 types of poor?

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ELIZABETHAN POOR LAW OF 1601

100
Q

People who can’t work
Cared for almshouse or poorhouse
Offered relief, mainly those who were lame, impotent, old blind

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Impotent Poor

101
Q

Set to work in house of industry
Materials were provided for poor to set to work

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Able-bodied poor

102
Q

Vagrants
Sent to house of correction of prison

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Idle Poor

103
Q

Statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote basic physical and material well-being of people in need
Government program, funded by taxpayers that provides financial aid to individual or groups which cannot support themselves

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WELFARE

104
Q

51% of Filipino or ~12.9 million were “mahirap” or poor
34% of family are family-poor, 38% were food borderline, 23% are not food-poor

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High need among people

105
Q

22.71 million students in 2020-2021 (DepEd_

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Helps children

106
Q

46% drop in focus crime during quarantine

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Reduce crime

107
Q

7.6 million Filipino went hungry due to pandemic

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Social Good

108
Q

Proposal to rebuild the economy sustainably following the devastating impact left by coronavirus pandemic

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THE GREAT RESET

108
Q

UN Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) are 8 goals that UN members agreed to achieve by 2015
Commits world leaders to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women
Each MDGs has target set for 2015 and indicators to monitor progress from 1990 levels

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GLOBAL MILLENIUM PLAN (September 2000)

108
Q

life-changing goals outlined by the UN in 2015
Nearly all countries in world promised to improve the planet and lives of its citizens by 2030

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

109
Q

To end poverty, everyone should have basic healthcare, security and education

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No poverty

110
Q

1 in 9 are undernourished
Aims to end hunger

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Zero hunger

111
Q

Ensure people live healthy lives, can cut child mortality and raise life expectancy

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Good Health and Well-being

112
Q

Have access to inclusive, equitable quality education

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Quality Education

113
Q

Clean water protects people from disease, yet 3 in 10 people lack access to it

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Clean Water and Sanitation

113
Q

A human right vital for a peaceful prosperous world

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Gender Equality

114
Q

Sustainable economic growth and decent employment for all

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Decent Work and Economic Growth

114
Q

More renewable and affordable energy

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Affordable and Clean Energy

114
Q

Building resilient infrastructure and fostering innovation

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Industry, innovation and Infrastructure

115
Q

Poorest 40% of the population should be able to grow their income faster than average

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Reduced Inequalities

116
Q

Increase affordable housing and make settlements inclusive, safe, and sustainable

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Sustainable Cities and Communities

117
Q

Foster eco-friendly production, reduce waste and boost recycling

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Responsible Consumption and Production

118
Q

Stop degradation, preserve forest, desert and mountain ecosystems

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Life on Land

118
Q

Regulate emissions and promoting renewable energy

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Climate Action

119
Q

Aim is inclusive societies with strong institutions that provide justice for all

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Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

119
Q

Conserve and sustainably use oceans, seas, and marine resources

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Life below water

120
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If all countries are to achieve these goals, international cooperation is vital

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Partnerships for the Goals