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AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
Chapter 11
The Macro-Micro Link in Social Institutions: Politics, Education, and Religion
2nd Edition
What is Politics?
Politics: the methods and tactics of managing a nation or state, as well as administering and controlling its internal and external affairs. Government: the formal, organized agency that exercises power and control in modern society, especially through the creation and enforcement of laws.
Authoritarianism
Totalitarianism is the most extreme and modern form of authoritarianism in which the government seeks to control every aspect of citizens lives.
A monarchy is government by a king or queen, with succession of rulers kept within the family.
Absolute monarchies typically have complete authority over their subjects Constitutional monarchs are royal figures whose powers are defined by a political charter and limited by a parliament or other governing body.
A democracy is a political system in which all citizens have the right to participate. Pseudo-democracy, Corporate Democracy, Disenfranchisement, and low voter turnout in Canada Critical:(Neo-Marxists; Feminists; Critical ~ Frankfurt School; Chomsky Manufacturing Consent).
What is Education?
Education is the process by which a society transmits knowledge, values, and expectations to its members so they can function in society. Schooling serves a number of important functions for society: The transmission of knowledge Learning to follow societys rules and to respect authority Being socialized to develop other qualities that will eventually make us efficient and obedient workers
Education?
Many believe that Americas educational system is in crisis, though there is little agreement on how to fix the problem. Some attempts have included: Charter schools are public schools run by private entities to give parents greater control over their childrens education.
What is Religion?
Religion includes any institutionalized system of shared:
beliefs (propositions and ideas held on the basis of faith) rituals (practices based on those beliefs) that identify a relationship between the sacred (holy, divine, or supernatural) and the profane (ordinary, mundane, or everyday).
What is Religion?
Religion includes any institutionalized system of shared beliefs (propositions and ideas held on the basis of faith) and rituals (practices based on those beliefs) that identify a relationship between the sacred (holy, divine, or supernatural) and the profane (ordinary, mundane, or everyday).
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The Real World: An Introduction to Sociology, 2nd Edition
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