SOC 372 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: The Dilemma, Whistleblower, Scientific Management

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 372
• Professor: Roger Dunham

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Mancur olson"s argument that the government is a necessary feature of modern society. We need the government and police and we cannot exist without government: 1. We need public goods: to be secure from harm from other members, to be secure from harm from external danger, to provide public or collective goods (e. g. dams, roads, water supplies, military, 2. Public goods can only be created by coercion: state or government authority is the only way to guarantee public goods, 3. Formation of government, or state is the only way to coerce citizens into contributing to public goods. The two most frequent categories of dilemmas reflected in the officers" submissions were loyalty versus whistleblowing and the use of discretion in difficult situations. Citizens" attitudes toward the police: about 75% citizens are favorable toward the police, race is one of the strongest predictors of attitudes toward police: african-