Dimensions of Human behavior Ch. 9

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Divide into two branches, as in labor force bifurcation into a core of stable, well-paid labor and a periphery of casual, low wage labor

The practice of dominant and powerful nations going beyond their boundaries; using military forces to occupy and claim less dominant and powerful nations

Conservative thesis

A philosophy that inequality is the natural, divine order and no efforts should be made to alter it

Critical consciousness

the ongoing process of reflection and knowledge seeking about mechanisms and outcomes of social, political, and economic oppression

economic institution

Regulating production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services

educational institution

Passing along formal knowledge from one generation to next

family and kinship institution

Regulating procreation
Conducting initial socialization
Providing mutual support

An index that measures the extent to which the distribution of income within a country deviates from a perfectly equal distribution

government and political institution

Making & enforcing societal rules
Resolving internal & external conflicts
Mobilizing collective resources to meet societal goals

health care institution

Promoting the general health

mass media institution

Managing the flow of information, images and ideas

The practice of dominant and powerful nations going beyond their boundaries, using international financial institutions such as the World Bank to exert influence over impoverished nations and to impose their cultures, laws, and language on the occupied nations through the use of financial incentives and disincentives

neoliberal philosophy

A philosophy that governments should keep their hands off the economic institutions

In the economic institution, the relocation of goods and services production from one place to another as a strategy for cost reduction

radical antithesis

Philosophy that equality is the natural, divine order and that inequality is based on abuse of privilege and should be minimized

religious institution

Answering questions about meaning and purpose of life

are the behaviors of persons occupying particular statuses

A particular position in a societal structure of inequality

social institution

patterned ways of solving the problems and meeting the requirements of a particular society

social structure

is a set of interrelated social institutions developed by human beings to impose constraints on human interaction for the purpose of the survival and well-being of collectivity

social welfare institution

Promoting interdependence
Dealing with issues of dependence

are specific social position

transnational corporation (TNC)

A very large company that carries on production and distribution activities in many nations

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