Family

Question 1

Patriarchy

Answer 1

an informal system of governance wherein men are assumed to hold power and thus the right to dominate over women in all spheres of decision-making

Question 2

Patrilineal

Answer 2

descent, membership, inheritance rights, etc. are traced down the father side of the family

Question 3

Matrilineal

Answer 3

descent, membership, inheritance rights, etc. are traced down the mother’s side of the family

Question 4

Welfare state

Answer 4

economic well being depends on public measures to correct the effects of market failure and to curtail the inequalities produced by economic competition

Question 5

Free market

Answer 5

markets operate best when freed from wider forms of regulation

Question 6

4 tenets of neoliberal economic restructuring

Answer 6

1) privatization
2) Decentralization
3) Individualization
4) Elevation of market over public sector

Question 7

Political economy of insecurity

Answer 7

refers to the current trend toward ‘downsizing,’ jobs with low salaries/no benefits, temporary jobs, part-time work occurring at the same time as the ‘welfare state’ was restructured and significantly reduced