Weber

Question 1

Embedded view

Answer 1

looked at how politics influenced other social structures
thinks all social structures influence one another and is against Marxist materialism

Question 1

Power View

Answer 1

even more than Marx, investigated forms and bases of power

Question 2

Stratification- Weber

Answer 2

weber created ideal types of social stratification like Marx

Question 3

Definition of stratification

Answer 3

hierarchical ranking or layering of social relations

Question 4

Ideal types of stratification (3)

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Class: strat. based on possessing resouces and not positions in relations to power
Party: based on power
Status: culture and ideas
Weber thought you can use these ideal types to analyze

Question 5

Complemtarity and Contention

Answer 5

weber note that all these three basis of stratification complement one another
wealth allows people to influence culture and thereby gain status and gain power
suggests people with all three are the most powerful

Question 6

Political authority:

Answer 6

Ideal basis of legitimate domination
Weber recognized that rules really have to use overt power, or even threaten to use it

Question 7

Legitimacy

Answer 7

found that people followed orders when they believed rulers have the legitimate right to rule

Question 8

Types of Authority

Answer 8

Charismatic
Traditional
Legal-rational

Question 9

Charismatic Authority

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charisma unique powers of individual are the basis for their domination of others

Question 10

Traditional Authority

Answer 10

Tradition is used to justify the rule of some over others

Question 11

Legal-rational authority

Answer 11

rules justify domination
weber saw this as the most rational form of authoruty

Question 12

Bureaucracy (the most famous ideal type of weber)

Answer 12

organization in which rules are the basis of action, are rationally organized to coordinate all actors

Question 13

Components of Bureaucracy (6)

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positions with formal duties based on rules
meritocracy
hierarchical chain of demand
salary based comensation
record keeping

it includes coordinating people and getting them to pursue ORGANIZATIONAL interests instead of PERSONAL

Question 14

The darker side of bureaucracy

Answer 14

dehumanization: makes us simply follow the rules, don’t think for ourselves, are controlled by the bureaucratic machine

Iron cage: bureaucracies control everything, we are unable act freely, always constrained by bureaucratic red tape