SOCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Standardized Test, Symbolic Interactionism, Homeschooling
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State: organized system of power and authority; included institutions that represent official power; exists to regulate social order. Less powerful groups see the state as oppressive instead of protective. The state and inequality- how state policies effect groups in different ways. We(cid:271)e(cid:396)"s types of autho(cid:396)ity: autho(cid:396)ity a(cid:396)ises f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the (cid:271)elief that the po(cid:449)e(cid:396) given to so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e is legiti(cid:373)ate. Traditional authority- non-industrialized countries, respect for traditional values, authority based on customs and needs. Rational-legal authority- based on written rules (not custom), industrialized so(cid:272)ieties (cid:894)u go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t"s po(cid:449)e(cid:396) legiti(cid:373)ized (cid:271)y la(cid:449)(cid:895), officials are elected and are expected to enact power according to the law, authority comes from the position (not necessarily the person). Types of governments: top-down approach vs bottom-up approach. Monarchies- a family holds power that is passed down through generations. Totalitarism- governme(cid:374)t (cid:396)egulates all aspe(cid:272)ts of (cid:272)itize(cid:374)"s li(cid:448)es, does (cid:374)ot allo(cid:449) from dissent or anything less than total obedience. Sociologists consider it to be a form of socialization.
