Institutions Flashcards
(35 cards)
Power
Ability of person or group to realize it’s own will in group action, even against resistance
Politics
Process in which people make decisions
3 Types of Legitimate Power
1) traditional
2) charismatic
3) rational/legal
Authoritarian
individual in power were not elected
Monarchy
Power with individual
Totalitarian
Strives to regulate public and private life
Democratic
all members of society have equal access to power and enjoys personal freedoms and liberty
Oligarchy
Power rests within some small group of society
Theocracy
Church is head of state
Power Elite
Invisible elite who controls power in a democratic system
Monogomous
Only one spouse
Polygomous
More than one spouse
Polygony
man with more than one wife
Polyandry
Woman with more than one husband
Factors that influence divorce
1) change in laws
2) changes in economy
3) expectations of marriage
Changes in norms are causing the following;
1) rise in single parent households
2) rise in childless households
3) rise in same sex marriages
Homogeneity
Tend to be similar with persons that marry
Endogamy
marrying someone from own group
Homogamy
Marring someone from the same status
Exogamy
Marrying someone on the outside group
Factors that lead to Marriage Pattern
1) Preferences
2) Opportunity
3) Third Party Interference
Preference Theory
- Preferences governed by homophily
- Preferences governed by competition for partner with wealth, attractiveness, power, etc
Exchange; Trade in Attributes
1) status caste
2) division of labor
3) evolutionary
Secularization Theory
Something in religion incompatible with society