SOCL 2001 : Vocab Socio Final
Document Summary
A tax-exempt advocacy organization that seeks to influence federal elections by running issue- related advertisements criticizing the record of a candidate or by mobilizing voters to register and vote. authoritarian government. A system of government in which there is no separation of power and a single person (dictator), group (family, military, single party), or social class holds all power. authority. Legitimate power in which people believe that the differences in power are just and proper that is, people view a leader as being entitled to give orders. capitalism. An economic system in which the raw materials and the means of producing and distributing goods and services remain privately owned. charismatic authority. A type of authority that derives from the exceptional and exemplary qualities of the person who issues the commands. colonization. A form of domination in which a foreign power imposes its political, economic, social, and cultural institutions on an indigenous population to control their labor, resources, and markets. democracy.
