Experience the Glam rock!

 

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We  enjoyed the glam rock getting together of site Libis of eGS Stream! I hope you did.

gReJe baking self up

 

Just had fun the night after the office works.

gReJe paid a visit to a friend and was bored

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and hungry so they headed to a place where they ate a little and were a little full.

just want to have fun.

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Baby Care. Day care?

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Government and Politics

I. Government and Politics

Every society must have a political system in order to have recognized procedures for the allocation of valued resources

Power is the ability to exercise one’s will over others. (Max Weber)

There are three basic sources of Power:

1. Force –the actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one’s will on others.

2. 2. Influence-is the exercise of power through a process of persuasion.

3. Authority-is the institutionalized power that is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.

There are three ideal types of authority:

1. Traditional authority- is the legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.

2. Legal-authority- is the power made legitimate by law.

3. Charismatic authority-power made legitimate by leader’s exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers.

Political Behavior

Political Socialization- is the process by which individuals acquire political attitudes and develop patters of political behavior.

There are three principal institutions of Political socialization.

1. family

2. schools

3. media

Political system – is a social institution that is founded on a recognized set of procedures for implementing and achieving society’s goals.

Political participation makes government accountable to its citizens, but voters display a great deal of apathy in both the United States and in other countries too.

Women are still underrepresented in politics, but are becoming more successful at winning election to public office. In the Philippines alone, the commander-in-chief is a woman.

Advocates of the elite model of the U.S. power structure see the nation as being ruled by a small group of individuals who share common political and economic interests( a power elite), in pluralist model believe that power is shared more widely among conflicting groups. The Top ranking Officials of the government are considered as the power elite group, while in a democratic country such as the Philippines, the Filipino people have the power to decide.

II. The Economy

The economic system of a society has an important influence on social behavior and on other social institutions.

Economic system is a social institution through which goals and services are produced, distributed, and consumed.

Industrial revolution gave way to the emergence of Industrial Society.

Industrial Society is a society that depends on mechanization to produce its goods and services.

Systems of capitalism vary in the degree to which the government regulates private ownership and economic activity, but all emphasize the profit motive.

Capitalism is an economic system in which the means of production are held largely in private hands, and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.

The basic objective of socialism is to eliminate economic exploitation and meet people’s needs.

Socialism is an economic system under which the means of production and distribution of goods and services are collectively owned.

Karl Marx believed that communism would evolve naturally out of socialism.

Communism is an ideal type, an economic system under which all property is communally owned and no social distinctions are made on the basis of people’s ability to produce.

India’s Sacred Cow

There are certain cultures that firmly obey their custom. They certainly are afraid to do such acts that would lead them to ridicule and would defy their norms. Though others may view such acts on a negative manner and compromising to the ideals that other people know, still they are considered normal.

Norms of a culture can certainly differ from the norms other countries have. People obey their norms for it how the societies have their social control. Deviance to such norms would to a sanction.

Indian’s are afraid to defy their norm for they know what the apparent sanction will be. They stand firm to this because it how they see it. Even though they starve to death as long as they obey their norm they believe that they are in good hands.

Another Issue on this is the view of the outsider. The opinion of the outsider would tell us negative implications. Others may see actions of sanctity to these animals maliciously or exaggerated but the doer would defend that such thing that they are doing are the right thing. On the other hand, if the doer sees an action deviant to their norms they would also feel the same.

There are certain standards that vary with culture. What is acceptable to one culture might not be acceptable to the other. Norms are relative to the culture to which it applies. So as deviance, you are considered deviant to one culture relative to the culture you are in. Acceptance and respect of the culture is the main key word.

The norms of the Indian society might not be acceptable to some but it is how they pay tribute and obey their culture.

For me, it is significant that we should study different cultures so that we won’t experience culture shock or culture lag. Knowing these cultural differences will greatly affect our view about the world around us making it easy for us to accept these cultural diversities.

Mcdonaldization of Society

It is common that every move we make are in a regimen type. We somewhat know or have an idea of a bookstore would look like. A Perceptual expectancy would come to our minds if we say a common word or phrase. A mall is expected to be a mall and the whole system that is embedded inside the four corners of the mall is expected to be this way.

Mcdonaldization is viewed similarly this way. A whole system runs within a system and rationalized form of expected tasks is assigned through a systematic manner. In a McDonald’s Fast food every stem of the process of food is assigned to someone. A hierarchy is present. One will do the task that he or she is a master of. Similarly in an office, departments are assigned in different tasks that they are known to be familiar or major of. Positions are assigned.

In such system, there are rules to follow, lines to queue in, and orders to be understood. The relationship between brothers, sisters and relatives are not considered so as the relationship between employer and employee. Here, laws and ethics are followed. The whole system is good but escaping such is a great problem for society as we know it follow such system in a hidden way.

Effects of such system lead to a distress, leveling up your fatigue and psychological need for renewal and relief from all of this systematic reality. That’s why people want to have some vacation far away from this. But escaping from this would lead you to another kind of system like there’s no way out. Sociologists call it iron cage of bureaucracy.

Mcdonaldization of society might have been so effective that almost everything had been followed from it. From fast foods, stores, and other services everything has a system followed. Yes, such system has been beneficial, but so much of it had lead to a negative result. No way out, a point of no return.