Theories
Father of structural functionalism
Who is Emile Durkheim?
Term that describes elements of society that become substantially different over time
What is change?
Social class abolished by the emperor
Who are the samurai?
Atomic bombs were dropped on these TWO cities to end the war
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
According to functionalists, these are the TWO most important institutions in society
What are family and education?
The only micro level theory that we look at in the course
What is interactionist theory?
Term that describes elements of society that remain substantially the same over time
What is continuity?
New currency introduced by the emperor
What is the yen?
The new constitution gave these people the right to vote for the first time
Who are women?
The TWO authors of 'The Communist Manifesto'
Who are Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels?
Karl Marx used these terms to describe his TWO economic classes
What are bourgeoisie and proletariat?
The adoption of the most up to date ways of thinking or doing things
What is modernisation?
Meiji introduced this to create a modern army
What is conscription?
American general who led the occupation force after WWII
Who was Douglas Macarthur?
Over time, workers will develop an identity based on shared experiences. Marx used this term to describe this process
Wat is 'class consciousness'?
What is evolutionary theory?
Method of prediction that involves writing about possible, probable and preferable futures
What is scenario writing?
Name of the Japanese parliament - under Meiji less than 10% of citizens could vote for it
What is the Diet?
Under a new constitution, this is how Japan has organised its military since the end of WWII
What is a self-defense force?
Starting in Britain, it was the period of rapid economic and social change that inspired Marx to write about society
What is the industrial revolution?
Theory of social change concerned with how different groups battle for a finite amount of power within a society
What is conflict theory?
Method of predicting the future that involves taking identified trends and casting them forward
What is forecasting?
Many members of the bakufu became members of this new class of industrialists
What is the zaibatsu?
Give TWO reasons for Japan's rapidly aging population
What are lower birth rates, higher female education, more females in the workforce, breakdown of traditional family structures?
What the name 'Meiji' means
What is 'Enlightened Rule'?