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Urban Culture
urban city discriptions and vocab
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Undergraduate 2
05/01/2010

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architecture
Definition
design and ornamentation of a structure- modest-sized lot
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what were probably our first dwellings
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caves
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appearance and design of one's dwelling took on a _______
Definition
social meaning
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fashion
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style of ones clothing
denotes status
sign of their position
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what expressed hierarchy of position in society in first settlements
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fashion and architecture
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first dwellings, what was the most important family dwelling in the city
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king's palace
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China's use of architecture
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-nobles no larger than two stories so empoereors visuals space wasn't disturbed
-nobles coulse use purple or yellow, not red
red-emperor
-peasants could not have taller than one story
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Chinese culture, what was important about design of military housing
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often stern and built to appear i mposing
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key distinguishing cultural feature of soceity and religious belieffs
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architecture and buildings- legitimized religion
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what did gargoyles do
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provoked fear
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why did most people choose to stay in ancient cities when they weren't offered a good quality of life?
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battlements and walls, gated defense system, safe place to live
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value of middle class
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stability, class cohesion, economic prosperity, depndable political prtonage
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important part of american culture
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american middle class
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what type of housing found most in middle class
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suburban style housing
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what made a huge impression on urban architecture particularly for new middle class
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growth of automobile
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Levittown
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cookie-cutter houses- pattern like construciton
cracker boxes- small one story design
ranch style home- standard one story house
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"whiteness" of suburban architrecture and schools
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outcome of institutianl strucutres restricted minoriites and lower class from moving to suburbs
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racial steering
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real estate agents steer or encourage minority homebuyers away from white neighborhoods, denied loans and services
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architrecture most often easily identiified and universally hated
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government-built inner city housing for low-income citizen "the projects"
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how did people in city perceieve the governments housing
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despised that they had no agency to control, dangerous, ugly
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warehousing concept of housing
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putting undesirable people in our society away from publice view
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Grand Ensembles
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high rise buildings stack poor in most efficient and least attractive manner in outskirts of Parsing
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who is mostly fascinated with urban african american culture
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white suburban teenagers
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St. Louis- how did they try to solve the low income housing issue?
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tenants- residents purchase the units they were living in to try and turn low rung class to higher middle class more respectable
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design of buildings in the forbidden city of beijing china
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to reinforce authority and deity of empoeror
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Japanese architectural design
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Kyoto housing styles in modern suburbs of Tokyo
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intimidation of Washington DC to visiting heads of state
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huge white dome and greek revival colums of white house, majestic parks and streets
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white elite government clearly charge of what areas of city
Definition
white large buildings of government in washington dc- social psychology
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why was Brasilia in brazil built
Definition
attempt by politicians and designer to promote idea that brazile was modern progressive country
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"ejidal land"
Definition
constitutional ideal that each village, town or city would have a communal section of land that the peasant poor-could work on and grow food on for
survival (mexican culture)- land is communal
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american view of squatters
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trespassers that need to be eradicated to maintain sanctity of private property
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united states view of space and place
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no one has right to space in city, making a place something that someone has to acheive
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why did new york become large city with high sky line?
Definition
land- since island, needed to build upward
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empire state building
Definition
triumph of planning, architecture, design of steel framed buildings
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key invention that made skyscrapers possible
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elevator
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largest buildings in entire world
Definition
petronas towers
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stratification
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difference between power and wealth of specific groups
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a way to identify an individual's status
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clothing
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emperor was only roman allowed to wear...
Definition
purple
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only roman citizens could wear...
Definition
white togas
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one major historical events that redistributed wealth
Definition
the black plague
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modern plague for american and the world
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aids "the gay plague"
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two cities that dominate international fashion, set trends and have headquarters
Definition
new york city and paris
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first nationwide attempt to break classism and aristocracy of the feudal period, and changing fashion codes of time was of anti-aristocracy campaign- start of wealthier lifestyle and fasion
Definition
the french revolution- paris
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proletariat
Definition
working class
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what caused new york city to become a fashion city
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jewish migration who had money and were educated possessed tools of capital
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who developed community resilience because were often made scapegoats for many social problems in new york city
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jewish educated own children trained theselves and spend money in own community
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large baggy pants come from which culture
Definition
prison and gang clothing
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what caused views of war to go from romantic to horrid and shocking?
Definition
photographs
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photographs of people from different walks of life and different ethnicities helped to make their lives and suffering more real to who
Definition
dominant class that read newspapers
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government censorship
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moral and formal censorship "protecting citizens and children"
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public "informal" censorship
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refusal to patronize an objectionable establishment or exhibition
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moral entrepreneurs
Definition
someone crusading to change law or norm
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business censorship
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information or images are censored not because of official policy, but because of economic or business concerns
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what makes the idea of business censorship more plausible even with our extent of media coverage
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tv networks and news programs, media corporations- leads to closed culture of corporate thinking on issues
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kodak
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small camera started photography revolution in city of rochester by eastman
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what about california made movie making there ideal
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climate
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ithaca, new york
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site of many silent film productions before hollywood system developed
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key function of new york city
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entertainment industry
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hollywood
Definition
environment brought entertainment industry and superior location
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dominate city
Definition
natural urban process, center of finance and production
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subordinate city
Definition
smaller urban environments run by dominate cities
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home television
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drove down film revenue and encouraged networks to make more expensive tv programs- reflect suburban lifestyle
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how did tv further process of ghettoization and urban poverty
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concentrated on anger of urban minority underclass in inner city in tv comedy shows
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"television city"
Definition
los angeles
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what broke the convention of glitzy tv programming
Definition
mtv
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New Wave
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style and fashion change caused by mtv- marketed visually for fashion innovations- effected urban youth culture
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social institution
Definition
any ordered social arrangement or grouping that can be found across human time or society and that satisfies basic human need (religion, politics, education, economy, family and social movements)
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one of most powerful social institutions
Definition
government
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grassroots social movements
Definition
power as social institution from actions of people at bottom of social order
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zoning and segregation
Definition
example of how government produces culture outsize of organizational walls
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assimilation
Definition
dominant culture pics up and chooses what elements of ethnic urban enclave they find appropriate
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harlem
Definition
explosion of black art music business
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"informal culture"
Definition
government almost has "reservations" for different ethnicities (chinatown) and form of government neglect and segregation
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government neglect and segregation causes what cultural phenomenon
Definition
fear
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central place theory
Definition
cities thrive because abundance of resources and services combined with tendency for businesses to agglomerate or concentrate. concentration usually occurs in specific place in city
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why do large cities have so much economic and political power?
Definition
central place theory
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while the fear of crime has increased, actualy crime has _____
Definition
decreased
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high art
Definition
most often european painting, music, art, or lit- modern works that are heavily influenced by this perios
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government sponsored events
Definition
government generator and producer of cultulre
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brasilia
Definition
city MADE by government changed image of brazil into modern city
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symbiotic relationship
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beneficial for both parties
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opium wars
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western intervention into chinese culture and politics
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boxers
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tried to throw out all foreigners out of china, stopped by westerners who had bigger weapons
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where else what the "statue of liberty" built
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china- students and democratic proposals from students
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buildings so big that they were considered cities
Definition
vatican city, french palace at versailles, pentagon
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"people's revolution"
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picutre of ordinary beijing citizen with groceries standing in front of line of soviet disined tanks
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latent function
Definition
unintended effects of manifest functions
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manifest function
Definition
elements that were intendeed by social group, social institution, or social policy
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"the great leap forward"
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mao's plan for china's cultural and economic modernization force fed industrialization- no more than one kid, enforced communism, intimidation
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how did extended family become less important in urban culture?
Definition
suburbanization caused people to spread out and relationships were harder to keep in tact
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legitimacy
Definition
occurs through official or tacit approval of municipal government of sports team
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legitimacy of sports team
Definition
stadium, literative, support from others, government officials openly speak about game day
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only major team to actually be owned by city
Definition
green bay packers
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berlin wall
Definition
destroyed by government and reunited by sheer will of people who lived there- urban symbol of cold war
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border cities
Definition
examples of urban cultures that are crated by interplay between two national governments and often own unique cultural entities- often form from latent function
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riot
Definition
running chaos of violence, mayhem, looting, lawlessness
Term
acting with a mob during a riot occurs when
Definition
team of sporting fans has victory- mobs reach certain point of critical mass promote feeling of strength invincebility and anonymity
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mob mentality
Definition
individuals would never commit crimes, but do when they are in gropus
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culture of destruction
Definition
violance, riots, latent function
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mandalas
Definition
monks made sand paintings and would destroy it after- nothing lasts forever
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initial act of urbanization
Definition
organized destruciton of natural environment
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watts riot
Definition
challenged the fact that riots lack thought purpose direction or culture- had a clear "agenda" toward white police force
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who are most likely to start racial riots and disturbances
Definition
whites- because of little fear of political system
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"demonstrations"
Definition
names of riots of white college students?
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urban social movements
Definition
organized around consumption- services like wate rpower education libraries housing and urban population
Term
glascgow scotland
Definition
social urban movement on education- collective consumption
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urban industrial product
Definition
was an automobile or toaster, now microchip or financial report (information)
Term
urban products have changed from manufactured goods to....
Definition
information
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the labor movement in the united states
Definition
social movement for 8 hour work day, forty hour workweek, safety, social security,
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haymarket uprising
Definition
8 hour work day
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triangle shirtwaist company
Definition
people were locked into room during fire
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urban product of technology
Definition
information- organizing groups is easier, distinction between labor and management has been diminished
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rural social movements
Definition
centered around means of production (land) and rural population- many use of land surrounding agriculture
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bottom up change
Definition
rural and urban social movements (not from elite classes or government)
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deviance
Definition
breaking expectations, norms or rules, inability of any society to have everyone agree to all rules
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what is the only place you can organize enough of a fringe group to be stratified diversity
Definition
city
Term
organized crime developed in
Definition
city- urban invention that begins with crowded slums (sicilian and italian mafia)
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las vegas key function
Definition
gambling (built by organized crime and bought out by corporations)
Term
who stands better chance of being part of white-collar crime
Definition
college-educated citizens- more investments in stocks
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what makes white-collar crime easier
Definition
the big city and busy transactions, impersonal environemtn, large enough pool of victims
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"keeping up with the joneses"
Definition
pressure middle class feels to have visible symbols of wealth
Term
more frequent white-collar crimes
Definition
real estate fraud
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swingers
Definition
married couples openly engage in other relationships, not acknowledged by leaders
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urban culture teaches what about culture
Definition
more people to accept, tolerance of different lifestyles
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a city's lifeworld
Definition
overall tolerance of all the different cultures
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police developed perspective of...
Definition
"us" and "them" to help cope with job
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burgesses ring model
Definition
triangle segments of rings seperate different sectors of city
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hoyt's model
Definition
sector analysis related to urban law enforcement
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"code of silence"
Definition
police share stories among themselves and don't share with rest of society
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officers of internal affairs
Definition
try and find crime within police force, more prevelent in cities
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swat
Definition
extreme crisis, controlled by local instead of federal
Term
who takes care of crisis and safety culture
Definition
firemen, ems, police, swat, medical services
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difference between crisis culture of police and firefighters
Definition
psychological reward
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world trade center towers, white house, pentagon
Definition
all symbols of power
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wworld systems theory, wallerstein
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worlds divided into "haves" and "have nots"- attack urban symbols
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gans- cultlural and psychological link to urban neighborhood because of
Definition
social networlks of ethnic and class upbringing- symbolic values
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IRA
Definition
irish republican army- "civilized terrorism", symbolic attacks - try and scare british urban public
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"cell organization model"
Definition
five to ten person cells with one leader operate terrorist- if one gets caught it doesn't take down whole group
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perspective on urban terrorism
Definition
no race or ethnicity for terrorism, no urban area is insulated from such attack
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global food
Definition
restaurants and food become symbol of urban living
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authenticity
Definition
worthy acceptance or belief as conforming to or based on fact, conforming to original, essential features
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mcdonalds is a sign of
Definition
globalization
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homogenization
Definition
all food everywhere tastes the same
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heterogeneity
Definition
lots of foods in cities
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creolization
Definition
new mixtures
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efforts to stop mcdonaldization
Definition
slow food attempts- quality, sustainability, biodiversity, social justice, sit down or dinner
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food desserts
Definition
some cities have areas in which easy access to healthy food is not an option for many people
Term
keys to innovation
Definition
urban areas, networks and technology transfer, large and externally owned businesses
Term
dublin
Definition
technology and service industry, innovations
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paris, franch
Definition
coffee, art museums, fasion, romance
Frenchh banks thriving in bad economic ties- info sharing, quick government controls
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global immigration- disporas
Definition
gropus forced to move out of home countries but do not feel like they belong when they go to new place
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remittance flows
Definition
money going back to immigrants
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push factors for immigrants
Definition
wars, loss of jobs, political suppression
Term
pull factors for immigrants
Definition
jobs, peace, families
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theories of assimilation
Definition
assimilation- new immigrants lose their old customs at some point
salad bowl- each group maintains its unique customs
melting pot- each group changes culture
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madrid vedeo
Definition
flashy, industrial, business
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immigration found in madrid, amsterdam, and berlin
Definition
concern with carriers of hiv, malaria
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mob mentality
Definition
lose identity
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