political oppurtunity structure - the strengths and weaknesses in the existing political system that
shape the options available to social movement actors
global commodity chains - a transnational economic process that involves extracting natural
resources, transforming them into goods, and mark...
CSCC Sociology Exam 3
political oppurtunity structure - the strengths and weaknesses in the existing political system that
shape the options available to social movement actors
global commodity chains - a transnational economic process that involves extracting natural
resources, transforming them into goods, and marketing and distributing them to consumers
colonialism - the practice by which a nation-state extends political, economic, and military power
beyond its own borders over an extended period of time to secure access to raw materials, cheap labor,
and markets in other countries or regions
androcentric pay scale - a positive correlation between the number of men in an occupation
relative to women and the wages paid to employees
androcentrism - the production of unjust outcomes for people who perform femininity
breadwinner/homemaker marriage - a model of marriage that involves a wage-earning spouse
supporting a stay-at-home spouse and children
care work - work that involves face-to-face care taking of the physical, emotional, and educational
needs of others
collective action - the coordinated activities of members of groups with shared goals
collective action problem - the challenge of getting large groups of people to act in coordinated
ways
collectivism - the idea that people are interdependent actors with responsibilities primarily to the
group
, critical events - a sudden and dramatic occurrence that motivates nonactivists to become
politically active
cultural capital - symbolic resources that communicate one's social status
cultural hegemony - power maintained primarily by persuasion
cultural hybridization - the production of ideas, objects, practices, and bodies influenced by two
or more cultures
cultural opportunity structure - cultural ideas, objects, practices, or bodies that create or constrain
activist strategies
economic opportunity structure - the role of money in enabling or limiting a movement's
operations and influence
elite theory of power - the idea that a small group of networked individuals controls the most
powerful positions in our social institutions
ethnography - a research method that involves careful observation of naturally occurring social
interaction, often as a participant
family wage - income, paid to a man, that is large enough to support a non-working wife and
children
feminization of poverty - a concentration of women, trans women, and LGBTW men at the bottom
of the income scale, straight white men at the top
field - the place or places where ethnographers conduct research
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