Glossary:
Readings:
Nolan & Lenski: Chapter 11 & 15
Presentations:
Glossary:
| alienation | outsourcing | social control |
| modernity | social disorganization | |
| nationalism | capitalism | oligopoly |
| civil religion | ||
| totalitarianism | command economy | communism |
| conglomerates | pluralist theory | constitutional government |
| consumerism | state society | corporations |
| dehumanization | democracy | multinational corporations |
| monopoly capitalism | elitist | government |
| globalization | global stratification | market economy |
| hyperconsumption | imperialism | liberal democracy |
Essays:
On your next exam you will be asked to demonstrate that you have read and mastered the course material. You should take the time now to answer the following essay questions to create your study guide for that exam. Address the questions fully and completely in your own words and voice. Prepare your answers now.
What are the failures of the capitalist system?
What were the failures of the communist system?
Why have governments grown in the last 100 years?
Short
Answers:
The following short answer questions are from your readings and may well appear on your next exam. Each can be answered with a short paragraph of three or four sentences; please use your own words and voice. You are encouraged to answer these questions now to create your study guide for that exam.
What role does the mass media play in American democracy?
What social forces have shaken traditional faiths?
What is the source of special interest power in American society?
What is the democratic trend? What are its causes?
According to Nolan & Lenski, what are the new secular ideologies?
What is the welfare state and why was it established?
Compare and contrast pluralist and elite theory.
What are the characteristics of a totalitarian dictatorship?
What is monopoly capitalism?
How is capitalism related to the intensification of production?
What are command economies?
How do state socialist societies differ from European Socialism (aka Democratic Socialism)?
Consumerism:
Tony Benn on Democracy:
Jacque Ellul on Technology and Rationalization: