SOC 367 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Jesse Owens, Multinational Corporation, Consumerism
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Politics: processes of organizing social power and making decisions that affect the lives of people in a social world. Governments: formal organizations with the power to make and enforce rules in a particular territory or collection of people. Power: the ability to influence people and achieve goals even in the face of opposition from others. Authority: a form of power that comes with a recognized and legitimate status or office in a government, an organization, or an established set of relationships. International sports have generally been used to foster nationalistic interests rather than international unity. American jesse owens wins gold in nazi germany, 1936. Globalization: is a process through which financial capitial, products, knowledge, worldviews, and cultural practices flow through political borders and influence people"s lives. Political realities in an era of transational corporations. Nation-states and transnational corporation are joined in global power relations.
