SOC101 - Class 3C - Dr. James Parisot PDF

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Friday, January 25, 2019

SOC101 - Class3C The Power Elite

- Exam #1 • What is the sociological imagination? • How did race historically emerge? - Slavery, Colonization, etc. • Define what social class is — what is social class? • Who are the power elite? • What is gender? What does it mean to say gender as a social construction?

- The Power Elite • The Power Elite is composed of men (people) whose positions are able to transcend the lives of ordinary men and women and whose decisions can have major consequences

- The Power Elite are not alone • They usually have armies of managers under them - Celebrities usually associate themselves with the Power Elite • There are some that do not believe we have a “Power Elite” - There are 3 main groups of the Power Elite: • Business (Economic) • Political • Military - Overtime, the Power Elite have centralized - The main groups have overlapped overtime

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- Power = those who able to realize their will whether these people choose to • Someone being able to force their will even if it is resisted - Wealth and Power • There are always dense connections between wealth and power - Mass Media • Most of the media is owned by 2 or 3 major companies - Most of the information is coming from a small group so they are able to shape the public opinion

• Ex: Rupert Murdoch - American Elite has come from economic power not from lineage (kings, queens, etc.) -

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