1A. What is the source of power in society according to Marx? 1B. Define one

1A. What is the source of power in society according to Marx?

1B. Define one key term and how it relates to Marx’s understanding of power:
Class and Class Consciousness
Base/Superstructure
Instrumental, Arbiter, and Functionalist Models of the State
2A. How does power operate according to the Social Class Perspective (SCP)?

2B. Define one key term and how it relates to SCP’s understanding of power:
Cultural Hegemony (Gramsci)
Repressive State Apparatuses/Ideological State Apparatuses (Althusser)

3A. How is Weber’s analysis of power different from Marx’s? What does he add?

3B. Define one key term and how it relates to Weber’s understanding of power:
Bureaucracy/Means of Administration
Charismatic, Legal-rational, Traditional Authority
Class, Status, Party

4A. How does power operate according to the Elite Managerial Perspective (EMP) and what is one key difference in their analysis compared to the Social Class Perspective?
4B. Define one key term and how it relates to the EMP’s understanding of power:
Elites/(Sub-elites)/Masses (Pareto/Mosca)
Iron Law of Oligarchy (Michels)
The Power Elite (Mills)
5A. What is the most significant difference between Durkheim’s perspective on power in comparison to Marx and Weber?

5B. Define one key term and how it relates to Durkheim’s understanding of power in society:
Social Solidarity
Division of Labor
Sacred/Profane

6A. How does power operate according to Pluralism?

6B. What is a significant critique of Pluralism?

7A. How did Foucault suggest we think differently than in the past about the relationship between knowledge and power?

7B. Define one SET of key terms and how they relate to Foucault’s understanding of power:
Knowledge/Discourse/Episteme
Sovereign Power/Disciplinary Power/Disciplinary Individual

8. Choose any two political sociology frameworks, theorists, or concepts we’ve covered and compare and/or contrast them.
(For example: How is Gramsci’s “consent” similar to Althusser’s “interpellation”?; How is Weber’s definition of power similar to Foucault’s “sovereign power”?; How is the definition of “elites” different from the definition of the “capitalist class”?; How is the rational choice motivation to get involved in politics different from an institutional analysis?)

Part II: Application

9. Choose one political sociology framework or theorist and apply their ideas to this video.

10. Choose one political sociology framework or theorist and apply their ideas to the Movement for Black Lives.

11. Choose one political sociology framework or theorist and apply their ideas to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, empowering states to illegalize abortion.

12. Choose one political sociology framework and apply their ideas to this video.

13. Choose one political sociology framework and apply their ideas to this video.

14. Of all of the theories and definitions of politics and power, which do you agree with most and why? Use a specific situation as an example to demonstrate why this theory/definition makes the most sense to you.

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https://abc7ny.com/eric-adams-migrant-crisis-nyc-immigration/13766716/
The first part is 1 to 3 sentences
The second is 5 to 7 sentences
The last part is five sentences

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