rowan sociology quiz ch 8-9

The area of common culture along the border between Mexico and the US

The maintenace of political, social, economic, and cultural dominance over a people of foreign power for an extended period

An approach that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain

The worldwide integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas

The value of a nations goods and services

Universal moral rights possessed by all people because they are human

The far-reaching process by which periphery nations move from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies

A functionalist approach that proposes that modernization and development will gradually improve the lives of people in developing nations

Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries

The monies that immigrants return to their families of origin (migradollars)

The view of the global economic system as one divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited

Positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities

The process through which a majority group and a minority group combine to form a new group

Anti-Jewish prejudice

A former policy of the South African government, designed to maintain the seperation of blacks and other non-whites from the dominant whites

The process through which a person forskea his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture

A political philosophy, promoted by many younger blacks in the 1960's, that supported the creation of black-controlled political and economic institutions

The use of the principle of race neutrality to defend a racially unequal status quo

An interactoinist perspectivewhich states that in cooperative circumstances, interacial contact between people of equal status will reduce prejudice

The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons

A group that is set apart from others primarily because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns

The tendency to assume that one's own culture and way of life represent the norm, or are superior to others

A Marxist theory that views racial subordination in the US as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism

The deliberate, systematic killing of an entire people or nation

An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified induvidual in a work enviorment because of the induviduals gender, race, or ethnicity.

A criminal offense committed because of hte offenders bias against a race, religion, ethnic group, national origen, or sexual orientation

The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society

A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the members of a dominant or majority group have over theirs

A subordinate group whose members supposedly have succeeded economically, socially, and educationally despite past prejudice and discrimination, and without resorting to the confrontations with whites

Mutual respect for one another's cultures among the various groups in a society, which allows minorities to express their own culture without expiriencing prejudice

A negative attitude toward an entire category of people, often an ethnic or racial minority

A sociohistorical process in which racial categories are created, inhibited, tranformed, and destroyed

A group that is set apartfrom others because of physical differences that have taken on social significance

Any arbitrary action initiated by an authority based on race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than on a persons behavior

The belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior

The physical seperation of two groups of people in terms of residence, workplace, and social events often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group

An unreliable generalization about all members of a group that does not recognize individual differences within this group

An ethnic identity that emphasizes concerns such as ethnic food or political issues rather than deeper ties to ones ethnic heritage

An immigrant who sustains multiple social relationships that link his or her society of origin with the society of settlement

Concern for the maintenance of harmony and the internal emotional affairs of the family

The belief in social, economic, and political equality for women

Expectations regarding the proper behavior, attitudes, and activities of males and females

Fear and prejudice against homosexuality

The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society

An emphasis on tasks, a focus on more distant goals and a concern for the external relationship between ones family and other social institutions

The cumulative impact of oppression because of race, gender, and class as well as religion, sexual orientation, disability, and age

A variety of male gender roles, including nuturing-caring and effeminate-gay roles, that men play along with their more pervasive traditional role of dominating women

The double burden- work outside the home followed by child care and housework- that many women face and few men share equitably

The ideology that one sex is superior to another

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