RO12-wk13-politics medicine

RO12-wk13-politics medicine ARIEL MANNS Reading objectives for Berger’s “Power” 1. Give an example of power at the micro -level. Give an example of a macro -level institution (micro). A dominant place among these institutions is occupied by the state or government, the tentacles of which appear to reach into every aspect of everyday life (macro). 2. When examining “political institutions” how is the approach of sociology typically different from political science? It consists of the assumption that social and political institutions themselves can generate and shape changes. 3. Define power. the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. 4. Define social control. a concept within the disciplines of the social sciences. 5. How is authority different from power? Power is an entity or individual's ability to control or direct others, while authority is the influence that is predicated on perceived legitimacy. 6. Define legitimacy; legitimation. is the act of providing legitimacy. Legitimation in the social sciences refers to the process whereby an act, process, or ideology becomes legitimate by its attachment to norms and values within a given society. 7. What is meant by “circulation of the elites?” As social mobility came to define our moral value as a nation 8. What is the “ideology of American democracy,” which has led to people think that there is no power structure or power elite in the USA? (hint: p. 6) Assumes that political power expresses a popular consensus and therefore is reluctant to think of the political sphere as an arena of struggle between power interests that have no broad democratic legitimation 9. Describe the three parts of “the power elite” as stated by C.W. Mills. Is quite clear from his analysis that the economic component of the elite is a decisive one. --- Reading Objectives for Chambliss, “The World of the Hospital” (available on MyCourses) 1. State some characteristics of professionals Professionals who are self-regulated; that is, they establish the criteria for entering the profession, oversee and evaluate the performance of their members, and discipline their rule breakers. Professionals also exercise authority over their clients: Being the expert, the professional tells the client what to do. 2. How is a hospital the same as other organizations? The daily round of paper processing, answering the phone, making staffing decisions, collecting bills, ordering supplies, and stocking equipment rooms; there are fights between departments, arguments with the boss, and workers going home tired or satisfied. 3. How is a hospital different from other organizations? In hospitals, as a normal part of the routine, people suffer and die. 4. Explain this statement: the professional (person) treats it as routine which for the non-professional is not routine. Routine for the staff, not for the patient. 5. Describe what routinization “seems to mean.” Routinization is actions that are repeated, and that violate normal taboos. 6. Describe the extreme case of routinization (“sees beyond mere commonplace”) Sometimes routinization goes beyond mere commonplace into an attitude of detachment, unconcern, or sheer boredom-one of the more common emotions of the nurse's life, to the surprise of laypersons. 7. Describe the five tasks (steps) in routinization. Learning one's geographical surroundings, so that the routine is physically manageable; learning the language so one can meet and work with other people; learning the technique of the work being done; and learning the "types" of patients and standard procedures for recognizing and dealing with them. There is also, harder to define, a fifth task, a perceptual "leap," which I will describe after presenting these components. 8. Apply any two of the tasks in routinization to some situation you (or someone you know) may be in 5 or 10 years from now (at work, in a foreign country, in the military, or in some setting). Learning the technique of the work being done and learning the "types" of patients and standard procedures for recognizing and dealing with them.