POL 271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: American Civil War, Cronyism, Execution By Firing Squad
18 Dec 2016
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+this society bases privileges and advancement on how you were born (i. e. ethnicity, gender, religion, etc. ) +this society bases privileges and advancement on merit regardless of ethnicity or any other characteristic. +the united states think they are an achievement society but aren"t fully. +will get the best of everything in this society because people of talent will be running the country. Merit oriented is focused on talent and achievement. Cronyism is focused on hiring friends and family. +often means people are running things who aren"t qualified to do so. Particularism is loyalty toward a particular part of society. Universalism is political loyalty to all of a society. This school of thought easily leads to civil war. +example: american civil war between the north and south. Power is almost universally defined by scholars as getting others to do what you want them to do when they don"t want to do it.
