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General sociology
General terms relating to the study of society.
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moral panics
Sociology; General sociology
Responses to exaggerated fears and concerns of a particular group in society.
monopoly
Sociology; General sociology
A condition where, for a particular product, one firm dominates the world or regional market.
monogamy
Sociology; General sociology
A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other.
monarchy
Sociology; General sociology
A government in which power is passed down from generation to generation on the basis of family lineage. The leader is all-powerful and any rights granted to citizens are the sole discretion of the ...
modernization theory
Sociology; General sociology
A functionalist approach that proposes that modernization and development will gradually improve the lives of people in peripheral nations.
modernization
Sociology; General sociology
The far-reaching process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.
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