SOCIAL SCIENCES

27 flashcards · Other · by ADRIANA RODRIGUEZ DIAZ MIRON

The ability to control others, events or resources; to make happen what one wants to happen.
Max Weber
Power is held by a dominant class, at the expense of the rest (subordinate class).
Karl Marx
The source of power in society lies in economic infrastructure and those who own it.
Karl Marx
The capacity to mobilize the resources of the society.
Parsons
Power flows to accomplish collective goals.
Parsons
Power resides in society as a whole.
Parsons
Power is cohesion.
Parsons
Power is coersion
Karl Marx and Max Weber
Power
ability to control others
Authority
Power or right to command
Monarchs
Traditional Authority
Gandhi, Jesus, Hitler or Martin Luther King
Charismatic authority
Governor, principal, deputy
Legal/rational authority
body politic or the institutions of government
State
Political power on people to exercise directly or through elected representatives
Democracy
Power belongs to monarch. Chosen based on hereditary succession.
Monarchy
Head of state is an elected official. Presidential or parliamentary
Republic
Dictator or autocrat holds power. Often control by suppressing opposition
Dictatorship
Power on Religious authorities
Theocracy
individuals or families hold power
Oligarchy
Central government is the supreme authority
Unitary state
Power is divided between a central government and subnational units
Federal state
political union of sovereign states united for common action.
Confederal state
delegation of power from central government to subnational authorities
Devolved state
1648 The Treaty of Westphalia established the principles of state sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Origin of nation-states
identity, language, culture, territory and authority
Nation-states share:
mixed economy with government involvement and free market ideas.
Economic system in Mexico