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McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, publishing, and business services.
A set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests.
Industry:Sociology
A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence mobility.
Industry:Sociology
In Karl Marx's view, a subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change.
Industry:Sociology
Power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.
Industry:Sociology
An economic system in which the means of production are largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.
Industry:Sociology
The process by which a group, organization, or social movement becomes increasingly bureaucratic.
Industry:Sociology
A component of formal organization in which rules and hierarchical ranking are used to achieve efficiency.
Industry:Sociology
Karl Marx's term for the capitalist class, comprising the owners of the means of production.
Industry:Sociology
The process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture.
Industry:Sociology
The former policy of the South African government designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.
Industry:Sociology
