Sociology 111 Final exam ubco

Politics

social system that distributes power, set societys goals and makes decisions

what are the three types of authority

1. Traditional- based on longstanding beliefs and costumes

2. Charismatic- derived from personal and exptional qualities an individual leader

3. Rational-legal- grounded in a system of laws and regulations with authority invested positions rather then individuals.

civil society

comprised of institutions, people and behaviours within voluntary society

functions of civic society

-voluntary action that makes cooperation easier

-safeguards human rights

-raises awareness of citizens rights and obligations to the society.

What are the 4 stages of the life cycle of social movements

Emergence- the biggining

Coalescence- needs to evolve

Bureaucratization- needs to become beuracratized, someone needs to manage it

decline- social movements tend to decline

Arab spring social movement

-series of protests and uprisings that took place in the Arab world.

-Mohammed set himself on fire

-lead to a series of pro-democracy uprisings, protests, and demonstrations across the Arab world.

-lead to massive draught and famine

-was spread through social media (became a digital movement)

power

Raw domination over someone (Marx Weber)

Authority

-power that is met with obedience and complience

-whoever has the power is respected

Ethnicity

belonging to a group of people that share a culture

ex Language, religion, food, etc

Race

a socially constructed category of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important

Othering/"The Other"

The infeirer, the so called mineorady and seen as week

involve the creation of an "other" to reinforce power regulations

"Us Vs. Them"

prejudice

A negative believes feelings and attitude toward an entire category of people, often an ethnic or racial minority.

Discrimination

involves behaving differently, usually unfairly, toward the members of a group

Alberta Sterilization Act

-was a Eugenics movement, aimed to prove genetic quality of the human population by controlled reproduction.

-the act made it so that people seen as "unfit" were surgically stabilized to prevent them from having children.

-Targeted groups include: Indigenous people, Disabled people, mentally ill people, and poor people.

Rwandan Genocide

-The killing of more than 500,000 ethnic Tutsis by rival Hutu militias in Rwanda in 1994.

-The conflict between the dominant Tutsis and the majority Hutus had gone on for centuries, but the suddenness and savagery of the massacres caught the United Nations off-guard.

-the death of the president caused the Hutu to target the Tutsi's

-ID cards were made that displayed your ethnicity

Eugenics

selective breeding for desirable characteristics, so that the undesirable traits could be eliminated.

reification of race

the process whereby socially-constructed categories of race (the products of specific historical contexts) are wrongly conceived as natural and unchangeable

becomes not just a concept

Consequences of race from Canada

-Starlight tours

-Chines head tax

-residential schools

Inuit sanatoria

Nation

a group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity.

state

A body of people living in a defined territory who have a government with the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority.

Nationality

a persons membership or affiliation with a particular nation

(is often associated with cultural and ethnic identity

Citizenship

legal status that grants individuals certain rights, privileges and responsibilities within specific state.

Political Society

-Rules by FORCE

-i.e. institutions

rule by force

Governce through coercion, where power is maintained through physical or military means

rule by consent

governce based on the voluntary ecceptans of authority by the governed, often shared values and norms.

social movements

organized collective activities that aim to bring about or resist fundamental change in an existing group or society

collective behaviour

spontaneous and unstructured actions of a group, often in response to a perceived threat or opportunity.

repertoires of collective actions

the range of methods and tactics available to individuals or groups engaged in collective action such as protests, and strikes.

liberal nationalism

the right of all nations to self determination, human rights and freedom

focused on political ideologies and called for wider participation and the rule of law in both domestic and international politics

Expansionist Nationalism

anylized in terms of its impact on international relations, conflicts, and power Dynamics

pursues territorial expansion, can influence the nations identity and relationships with other nations

ethnic nationalism

patriotism, loyalty to ones country and all efforts to further the nations best interest, even at the cost of other nations.

nationalism based on common ancestry along with the cultural traditions and language associated with a particular ethnic group

civic nationalism

a sense of national unity and purpose based on a set of commonly held political beliefs

2 causes of the Rwandan genocide

1 The plane being shot down killing the President (who had made a peace thing between the Hutus and the Tutsis)

The Hutu did not want to make a peace offering so they shot hi down, causing a genocide

2 Belgium control further separated the Tutsi from the Hutu.

ID cards were created to identify ones ethnicity.

what are the types of domination

1. Traditional authority

2.Charismatic

3.rational-legal

"WUNK"

Worthy

Unified

Numerous

Committed

selected modes of ethnic interaction

-Pluralism-state in which all races have same social standing

-Simulation- process where minority's adapt to patterns of -Dominic culture

-Segregation- class systems within a nation are segregated into racial categories

-Geniced- systematic killing of a group

modernist approaches

created by government through industrialization, bureacration, and mass schooling with the purpose of justifying the rise of nation states and fostering national identity.

Imagined communities

not physically constructed but exist in people minds

reinforced through mass media, education, and collective awareness w