Sociology 120

Ability to bring about an intended outcome, even when opposed by others

The approach that is the "Ability to bring about an intended outcome"

Approach that overcomes opposition; the capacity to dominate others

An increase in the capacity of people to bring about an intended outcome

What committee seeks to empower an oppressed group through a combination of economic assistance and educational programs?

Stratification based on various ascribed characteristics determined at birth

Power who legitimacy is derived from the extraordinary personal characteristics of an individual leader, which inspire loyalty and devotion

A group of people who share a roughly similar economic position and lifestyle

Stratification determined by economic position, which results from a combination of individual achievement and family of birth

to force people's compliance by threatening, intimidating, pressuring, or harming them

treating others unequally based on their background or other personal characteristics

A condition that exists when those in power have successfully spread their ideas-- and marginalized alternative viewpoints-- so that their perspectives and interests are accepted widely as being universal and true

A form of authority that relies on force or coercion to generate obedience.

The unequal distribution of resources among groups of people

A perspective that highlights the connections and interactions between various forms of inequality, especially race, class, and gender

Authority that is voluntarily accepted by those who are affected

The opportunities offered by a person's economic position

the interlocking systems of oppression associated with race, class, and gender

Male domination through social institutions and cultural practices

to obtain people's compliance by convincing them of the correctness of your position and goals

The specific strategies people use to influence others in everyday life

a special advantage or benefit that is not enjoyed by everyone

Power that has legitimacy because it is based on established laws, rules, and procedures

to encourage people's compliance by offering some compensation as positive incentive

the process whereby a status group maximizes its own advantages by restricting access to rewards only to members of the group

Movement from one stratum of a stratification system to another

A theory that questions taken-for-granted assumptions about society by looking at it from multiple viewpoints, especially from the perspective of people in subordinate positions

Social structures and cultural norms that create and maintain inequality by ranking people into a hierarchy of groups that receive unequal resources

Power that has legitimacy because of compliance with well-established cultural practices