Political Sociology

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5 domain-specific abstractions whose origin domain is Political Sociology.

• Class struggle — Conflict between social classes arising from opposed material interests, control of resources and unequal power.
• Cronyism — The allocation of offices, contracts, credit or privileges to friends and associates because of personal connection rather than relevant merit or impartial procedure.
• Postmaterialism — Model a cohort-level shift in value priority from economic and physical security toward autonomy, self-expression, participation, equality, and quality-of-life goals under sustained formative security.
• Radical chic — The fashionable association of socially elite people with radical political movements, often criticized as status performance insulated from the movement's risks and commitments.
• Radicalization — Model a context-dependent process by which a person or group adopts increasingly far-reaching opposition to an established political, social, or religious order, without equating that shift with violence.