The text discusses two approaches to understanding why some states are more democratic than others. Moore suggests that the fate of each nation is determined by a struggle between different social classes. Acemoglu and Robinson, using game theory, suggest that citizens can induce change through the credible threat of revolution. The primary difference between these two approaches is Moore's emphasis on the
Think about the last time you shared a holiday dinner with your family. Many holiday dishes are served year after year. What kind of authority might be displayed through these dishes and other practices at the holiday meal?
Suppose you have been invited to a big party by a good friend. When you text your friend to cancel, she issues a few veiled threats about how she might be getting too busy to hang out in the future. What is the difference between your friend's attempts to persuade you and what the text calls "domination by authority"?
Suppose you believe your supervisor at work is jeopardizing a current project through incompetence, but you don't say anything because it won't improve anything and could result in you being removed from the project. This scenario is an example of which dimension of power, according to Steven Lukes's definition of the concept?
Jim Crow laws were racially based efforts to limit the participation of blacks in American society through segregation. Beginning in 1890, a "separate but equal" status took effect in all public facilities in the southern states. Why might we view this as a form of domination authority?
In the United States, the social security system is designed to assist people over the age of 65. In conjunction with the thesis of the logic of industrialism, why does this identify the United States as a welfare state?
In her interview with Dalton Conley, Zephyr Teachout draws attention to the fact that elected officials spend a considerable amount of their time in office
In 2011, an Occupy Movement demonstration took place at the University of California at Berkeley. Demonstrators set up tents in a campus plaza and police used riot batons to force the protestors to disperse. The campus community passed a resolution condemning the police actions. Is this an example of the paradox of authority, and if so, in what way?
In 1969, Charles Manson and his followers murdered Hollywood actress Sharon Tate and six other people. Manson's "family" was comprised primarily of women whom he had befriended during his travels. That his followers were so easily persuaded to commit violence is an example of
As defined by __________, the state is "a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory."
What fundamental question about the nature of society was Adam Smith interested in that led him to reason out his ideas (as found in The Wealth of Nations) and lay the foundation for capitalism?
Unionization rates in the United States have __________ over the past 60 years, while recent studies show that __________ workers are interested in being part of a collective bargaining agreement.
The top 1 percent of adults in the world hold almost half of the world's wealth. At the other end, the bottom half holds only 1 percent of the world's wealth. To be in the top 10 percent of the world's wealthiest citizens, one must hold assets worth at least
The investment firm Goldman Sachs was indirectly implicated in the events precipitating the 2008 financial crisis. Some have alleged that the firm's deep ties to the U.S. government made it possible to capitalize on gains using
The feudal system under the Tudors in England gradually removed the commons, an area formerly available to graze animals, which led to urban migrations and the wage system. This demise of the feudal system left a framework in place for one facet of our contemporary economic system, the
Studies show that a primary concern held by U.S. workers about unionizing is related to management hostility. In this age of technology, there's another consideration: employee monitoring. Underlying all this is the fear of
Suppose you are a freelance graphic designer, and you ask clients to pay you immediately online. One client insists on paying by check, a less immediate process. You start declining this client's projects in favor of clients who pay online. In Adam Smith's terms, your decision is based on finding an unacceptable level of __________ in the proposed exchange.
In her interview with Dalton Conley, Nitsan Chorev discusses the reasons why developing countries resist trade agreements that include labor and environmental protections. One reason is that
In her interview with Dalton Conley, Nitsan Chorev discusses negotiating trade agreements that include both labor and the environment. Why might such negotiations impact climate change?
According to Marx, capitalism is doomed to fail because of a self-made crisis of overproduction, leading to goods becoming unaffordable to workers. This in turn gives rise to socialism. The fundamental mechanism of distribution differing between these systems is
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