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Travis Hirschi

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Social control theory

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Thostein Veblen

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Described the class habits of Americans as conspicuous consumption meaning the ostentatious display of goods to define ones social status.

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W I Thomas

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Differential association theory

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Louis Wirth

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1920s observed Chicago and argued that the city was a center of distant, cold interpersonal interaction

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Herbert Gans

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Studied Boston in the late 1950s and concluded that many city residents develop strong loyalties to others characterized by a sense of community.

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Georg simmel

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Argued that urban living caused people to be uncaring of the many around them.

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Kurgan Habermas

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Along with Marx contended that the personal feelings of helplessness that accompany modernization are due to inequalities and are inevitable products of the capitalistic system.

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Herbert Marcuse

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Argues that modernized society fails to meet the basic needs of people, among them the need for a fulfilling identity.

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Max Weber

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Contented life chances theory

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Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro

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Sedimentation of racial inequality- wealth accumulates over time

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Max Weber dimensions of society

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Class (economic)
Status (prestige/cultural)
Party (power)

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William Julius Wilson

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Analyst of poverty and racial inequality wrote “the ultimate basis for current racial tension is the deleterious effect of basic structural changes in the modern American economy on Black and White lower income groups, changes that include uneven economic growth, increasing technology and automation, industry relocation and labor market segmentation”

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Immanuel Wallerstein

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World systems theory

Wrote “The Modern World System 1 and 2”

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Cornel West

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Race matters and still matters a lot

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Lawrence BoBp

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Such post racial dreams must confront American realities

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Nell Painter

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Historian who contributed to the development of the new field of “whiteness studies”in demonstrating the racial formation and social construction aspect of defining who is white.

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Oliver and Shapiro

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The blacks were the first in and the last out

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William Julius Wilson

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Class conflict sociologist
Class and changes in the eco economic structure are sometimes more important than race in shaping life chances of different group.

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Williams julius Wilson

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Attributes the causes of the urban underclass to economic and social structural deficits in society. He rejects culture of poverty

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Bruce Western and Jeffrey Reiman

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Noted that the prison system in the United States is in effect designed to train and socialize prisoners into a career of secondary deviance and to display to the public that crime is a threat primarily from the poor

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Debra Gimlin

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Argues that bodies are the surface on which prevailing rules of a culture are written.

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Kathleen Gerson

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Research finds that most young adults want a lifelong partner and shared responsibilities for work and family. She also found that men would fall back on traditional if balence didn’t work whereas women would rather be self reliant.

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Roe vs wade

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Court let abortion be legal under certain circumstances

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__ to ____ % of college women experience acquaintance rape

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15

20

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Irving Zola

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Was the first to suggest that people with disabilities faced similar issues to what minority groups experience.

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Max Weber 3 types of power

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Traditional
Charismatic
Rational legal

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The US senate is __% men

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80

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_% of couples are interracial

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4

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Jennifer ShermN

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Studying families found that families were more likely to stay together if the men were flexible in gender roles

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Jonathon Kozal

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Researched poor students and concluded they lack the basic necessities for a good education

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Herbert Simon

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Organizations enlarge the limited capacity of individuals for rational behaviors

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Davis Moore thesis/theory

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  1. All societies are stratified; therefore, stratification must have some beneficial effects.
    2 society has a number of jobs that must be accomplished or society breaks down
  2. Some jobs require more talent and training than others making them hard
    to fill based on merit alone.
    4 paying the harder jobs more makes insenrive increasing competition
    5 meritocracy= productivity
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W.J Rorabaugh wrote

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The alcoholic republic

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Gh mead

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Generalized other

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Robert Merton

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Strain theory

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George Homans definition of Power

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A’s behavior causes B’s behavior

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Richard Emersons power dependencey theory

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The power of person A over Person B is equal to the dependence of Person B on person A

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Principle of least interest

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Whoever has the least interest in a relationship has the most power

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Theodore Newcombs theory of interpersonal attraction

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Proximity alone does not increase attraction but only insofar as it increases communication between individuals

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Alfred Kinsey

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Conducted the first scientific study of sexual practices in the US during the 1940s at the university of Iowa

Wrote sexual behavior in the male as well as sexual behavior In the female

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Edward O Laumann

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The social organization of sexuality

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Lyndon B Johnson used

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Networking to rise to the top, started poor but networked to presidency. Being central in a network is the most beneficial

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Rodney Starks model of successful

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New religions

  • retain cultural continuity
  • remain deviant but not too threatening
  • effective mobilization and organization
  • normal age and sex distribution
  • resist secularization, remain fundamental
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Successful new religions convert _______ authority to _____-______ authority after the death of the founder

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Charismatic

Rational-legal