Exam 13: Politics and the Economy in Global Perspective.

In a __________, the government bureaucracy is the apparatus responsible for creating and enforcing rules in the public interest. Sociologist Max Weber believed that this authority was the only means to attain efficient, flexible, and competent regulation under a rule of law.

Symbolic interactionists acknowledge that the government serves a number of important purposes in society; they assert that government exists for the benefit of wealthy or politically powerful elites who use the government to impose their will on the masses.

__________ is the social institution through which power is acquired and exercised by some people and groups.

Although the most basic form of power is physical violence or force, most political leaders do not want to base their power on force alone; they seek to legitimize their power by turning it into __________, which is the power that people accept as legitimate rather than coercive.

Explain the relationship between politics, government, and the state and discuss the focus of political sociology.

A postindustrial economy is based on tertiary sector production-the provision of services rather than goods, as a primary source of livelihood for workers and profit for owners and corporate shareholders. A majority of U.S. jobs are in tertiary sector employment.

Portions of contemporary sub-Saharan Africa have a relatively high rate of exports in commodities, and foreign direct investment is concentrated in mineral extraction. This is an example of __________ production.

The pluralist model is rooted in a __________ perspective which assumes that people share a consensus on central concerns, such as freedom and protection from harm, and that the government serves important functions no other institution can fulfill.

The __________ of charisma occurs when charismatic authority is succeeded by a bureaucracy controlled by a rationally established authority or by a combination of traditional and bureaucratic authority.

In 1990, the United States became the first nation to formally address the issue of equality for persons with a disability. When Congress passed the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), this law established "a clear and comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability."

Discuss your view about how we might relate Mills’ ideas to the role of the media today in shaping our political and economic “realities” around the world. The U. S. Political System

Steel workers who process metal ore and autoworkers who then convert the ore into automobiles, trucks, and buses are engaged in __________ production.

A __________ is an organization whose purpose is to gain and hold legitimate control of government; it is usually composed of people with similar attitudes, interests, and socioeconomic status.

Services are tangible objects that are necessary (such as food, clothing, and shelter) or desired (such as DVDs and electric toothbrushes).

Distinguish between power and authority.

Examples of __________ include the AFL-CIO (representing the majority of labor unions) and citizen groups such as the American Conservative Union and Zero Population Growth.

Contemporary world economic systems - capitalism

The U.S. Constitution requires that each state have __________ senators and a minimum of __________ member in the House of Representatives. The current size of the House of Representatives (435 seats) has not changed since the apportionment following the 1910 census.

Most workers in preindustrial economies (such as hunting and gathering, horticultural and pastoral, and agrarian societies) engage in __________ production, which is the extraction of raw materials and natural resources from the environment.

Explain the relationship between political socialization, political attitudes, and political participation.