Chapter+12+Economics+and+Politics


 * **__Authority__**-power that people perceive as legitimate rather than coercive
 * A person in authority at the school the movie is placed in would be the principal, Mr. Duvall, or the student’s math teacher, Ms. Norbury. They set rules for the students to follow and they also enforce them, as a typical person in authority would do.


 * __**Power-**__The ability to achieve desired ends despite resistance from others
 * The Plastics are in power at the high school. Whether anyone likes it or not. They determine the social standings of the students. They basically decide your fate for high school. If you make them mad, they will outcast you from their society. If you are liked by them, then you are in. They are very powerful in this setting.

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 * __**Social Institution**__- a major sphere of social life, or societal subsystem, organized to meet human needs.
 * The school represents a social institution. The students are able to socialize and to interact with one another. Also they organize the basic needs of a human to have a successful future. It allows the students to talk, and to get know each other.
 * __**Profession**__- a prestigious white-collar occupation that requires extensive formal education.
 * In Africa, Cady's mom and dad were zoologists. They studied the local animals and helped care for them. In order for her parents to have become zoologists they had to have gone to school and have knowledge in their field of work.
 * __**Pluralist Model**__- an analysis of politics that sees power as spread among many competing interest groups.
 * This model can be an example of the groups that exist at the high school. With all of the groups in competition with each other there can't be one group that is more powerful than the other. Everyone keeps their distance from groups that they don't belong too because of the power that each group has.
 * __**Power-Elite Model**__- an analysis of politics that sees power as concentrated among the rich.
 * Regina George is a prime example of the power elite model because she is wealthy and has power at her school. Whether it is in the Plastics or competitions, Regina is powerful. For example, Regina thinks she can win the homecoming crown because she is rich and has influence over others in the school.