Social Change
What is a "revolutionary movement"?
Mechanisms that facilitate upward mobility of men when they work in traditionally feminine occupations (like teaching, nursing, secretarial work).
What is the glass escalator?
Lareau called these "concerted cultivation" and the "accomplishment of natural growth."
What are the two different class-based cultural logics of child-rearing?
This development trend in city planning pushed poor people out of their homes and communities to create housing they could no longer afford.
What is urban renewal?
An interconnected group of top leaders who control the economy, the military, and politics in the U.S.
What is the power elite?
When political loyalties are divided between the government and revolutionaries (aka situations of "dual power").
What is a "revolutionary situation"?
This term refers to how the following factors in the (nursing) workplace affect men: relationships with co-workers and supervisors; perceptions regarding suitability for nursing and higher status work; and establishing distance from femininity.
What is the glass escalator?
An example of this is that many Catholics now use contraceptives.
How do religions stay relevant?
Panels that hospitals formed in the 1960s to decide who deserved dialysis (and life).
What are "God committees"?
Mills argues that this is a danger of concentrating power in the hands of a few, rather than many, economic elites.
What is putting the entire country in danger if they fail?
Symptoms are 1.) acute suffering and want, 2.) divides among the elites which undermine regime, and 3.) non-elites implement superior collective action.
What are the 3 major symptoms of "revolutionary situations"?
What is the experience of Black males in nursing compared to white males?
Muslim Americans tend to be less religious than this group.
What is U.S. Christians?
Focusing on this group's family roles (rather than relevant accomplishments) in media coverage implicitly acknowledges their heterosexuality, which appeals to a male audience.
What are female athletes?
In terms of attending social events, today this group attends global meetings rather than going yachting and attending debutante balls like in the past.
What are global rich?
This type of government fosters the growth of revolutionary movements unintentionally by generating or reinforcing widespread grievances; focusing these emotions on the state/political authorities; and closing off possibilities of peaceful reform.
What are authoritarian regimes?
The reason many mid-tier public universities cater to affluent, out of state students.
What is reduced federal and state funding support?
These unique characteristics (emphasis on hard work, maximizing profits, and asceticism (being frugal)) made this religion well-suited to the development of capitalism.
What is Protestantism?
Name three approaches the media used when reporting on the Iraqi war.
What are embedded, stationing, and independent?
This is a key consequence of global elites having little connection to their places of origin/home nations.
What is they feel less responsible for the welfare of people in their countries of origin?
The name for spaces where people from diverse backgrounds can come and interact together on a daily basis, enjoying the mundane rituals of life (like eating, shopping, etc.).
What is a cosmopolitan canopy?
The argument that higher education provides students with experiences that make social mobility more likely.
What is the transformation thesis?
This attribute leads to the accumulation of great amounts of wealth, fostering the development of capitalism.
What is asceticism (being frugal)?
This approach used by the media mostly focused on Iraqi civilians.
What is stationing?
These factors affect the inclusion of people from historically excluded groups.
What is social class (tend to be from middle and upper), education (many come from elite universities), skin color (tend to have lighter skin), and identity management (able to use styles and manners elite are comfortable with).