What is structural power?
What will be an ideal response?
It is power that organizes and orchestrates the systemic interaction within and among societies, directing economic and political forces on the one hand and ideological forces that shape public ideas, values, and beliefs on the other.
You might also like to view...
A cultural heritage that sets certain individuals apart from others in a variety of social relationships shared by a category of people is
a. ethnocentrism. b. discrimination. c. prejudice. d. ethnicity.
Which of the following best characterizes the current time period?
Anthropocene Jurassic Cenozoic Pleistocene
Twenty-five percent of the world's population identifies itself as "non-religious."
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to Mauss, why might gifts be the glue that holds societies together?
a. because they create social obligations to give, to receive and to repay (i.e., reciprocity), thus making people interact with one another b. the circulation of presents binds social elites in different nations together, discouraging violence and conflict c. the need to buy expensive gifts encourages people to work harder, financially stimulating the economy d. when people see antiques, they remember a Golden Age in the past, and this reminds them to treat each other in a just and equitable way