Unit 11 Concepts
The important concepts in Unit 11 are listed below. The readings and other learning opportunities are designed to help you become familiar with these concepts. You should know the definitions of each concept and also how sociologists use these concepts. Try to incorporate these concepts into your work for this course.
| (1) Social Institution | (33) Power |
| (2) Economy | (34) Government |
| (3) Agricultural Revolution | (35) State |
| (4) Industrial Revolution | (36) Governance |
| (5) Information Revolution | (37) Authority |
| (6) Postindustrial Economy | (38) Traditional Authority |
| (7) Primary Product/Sector | (39) Charismatic Authority |
| (8) Secondary Product/Sector | (40) Rational-Legal Authority |
| (9) Tertiary Product/Sector | (41) Monarchy |
| (10) Global Economy | (42) Absolute Monarchy |
| (11) Capitalism | (43) Constitutional Monarchy |
| (12) Socialism | (44) Democracy |
| (13) Welfare Capitalism | (45) Authoritarianism |
| (14) State Capitalism | (46) Totalitarianism |
| (15) Economic Equality | (47) Non-governmental Organization (NGO) |
| (16) Personal Freedom | (48) Welfare State |
| (17) Labor Union | (49) Political Party |
| (18) Profession | (50) Party Identification |
| (19) Paraprofessional | (51) Special Interest Group |
| (20) Self Employment | (52) Political Action Committee (PAC) |
| (21) Unemployment | (53) Voter Apathy |
| (22) Underemployment | (54) Pluralism/Pluralist Model of Power |
| (23) Workplace Diversity | (55) Power Elite/Elite Model of Power |
| (24) Deskilling | (56) Political Economy/Marxist Model of Power |
| (25) Relocation | (57) Political Revolution |
| (26) Corporation | (58) Rising Expectations |
| (27) Economic Concentration | (59) Political Legitimacy (Legitimate Authority) |
| (28) Conglomerate | (60) Terrorism |
| (29) Monopoly | (61) War |
| (30) Oligopoly | (62) Peace |
| (31) Corporate Welfare | (63) Military-Industrial Complex |
| (32) Politics | (64) Democracy Gap |
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