The Economy
This 19th century revolution did not involve much personal conflict, but instead focused on the building of factories, machines, and advanced forms of transportation
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The United States' two largest political parties
What are Democrats and Republicans?
Women are receiving more of these than men at increasingly higher rates year over year.
What is a college education?
The study of the size, composition, growth (or shrinkage), and distribution of human populations
What is demography?
An economic system built around the private ownership of the means of production, the pursuit of profit, and market competition
What is capitalism?
A form of government headed by a king or queen
What is a Monarchy?
The teaching of knowledge and skills, the cultural transmission of values, social integration, gatekeeping, and replacing the family are all consequences of understanding education through this sociological framework.
What is functionalism?
An English economist who wrote about the problems of a rapidly growing population; writing that population grows geometrically
Who is Thomas Malthus?
This famous sociologist would argue that society ought to adapt an economic system that does not exploit its workers and should strive for equality in society
Who is Karl Marx?
A political entity that claims monopoly on the use of violence in some particular territory; commonly known as a country
What is a state?
The priveleges accompanying a social location that help someone in life; included are more highly educated parents, from grade school through high school being pushed to bring home high grades, and enjoying cultural experiences that translate into higher test scores, better jobs, and higher earnings.
What is cultural capital?
Demographers use these three ideas to project population growth into the future
What are fertility, mortality, and migration?
Durkheim’s term for the interdependence that results from the division of labor; as part of the same unit, we all depend on others to fulfill their jobs
What is organic solidarity?
People who influence legislation on behalf of their clients
Who are lobbyists?
The conflict perspective of education lists multiple ways in which education reproduces social inequality. Name at least 2.
What is the reproduction of social class stratification, discrimination by IQ, unequal funding, the correspondence principle, and unequal access to technology?
The process of middle-class people moving into a rundown area of a city, displacing the poor as they buy and restore homes
What is gentrification?
How has the workforce changed in U.S. society since WWII? Name 2 significant changes.
In the transition to a postindustrial society, the number of farmworkers has plummeted, blue-collar work has shrunk, and white-collar work has skyrocketed. More women are in the workforce.
What are the major differences between the majority of European and American elections?
The United States has a “winner-take-all” system, in which a simple majority determines the outcome of elections. Most European democracies, in contrast, have proportional representation: Seats in legislatures are allotted according to the percentage of votes each political party receives.
What is the symbolic interactionist perspective on education?
Symbolic interactionists focus on face-to-face interaction. In examining what occurs in the classroom, they have found that student performance tends to conform to teacher expectations, whether they are high or low. Self-expectations also significantly influence student performance.
What are the roles of suburbanization, disinvestment, and urban revitalization in the problems we see in cities today?
Inequality
Poverty
Racial segregation
Environmental concerns
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