political sociology, the study of political groups, leadership, and social power
political participation, actions to support the government or politicians (HP), includes voting
civic participation, individual and collective action to address issues of public concern
political consumerism, choosing producers and products with the goal of changing ethical or objectionable institutional or market practices
Capitalism, an economic and political system based on private control of the production and distribution of goods and services within a free market system
laissez-faire capitalism, a system of free enterprise without government intervention.
monopolies, possessing near or complete control of commodities or producing goods and services
socialism, an economic and political system based on cooperative management or citizens’ production and distribution of goods and services normally within a democratic government
communism, an economic and political system based on the government’s ownership and regulation of all of the production and distribution of goods and services
totalitarian, a state-controlled government holding all authority over public and private lives
democracy, a system of government in which the power is vested in the people, and free elections are held
absolute monarchy, a system of government ruled by a monarch who has control of the government and state
constitutional monarchies, a system of government in which a monarch is the Head of State and is governed by a parliament
- Hunting and Gathering: hunting, fishing, and gathering of plants (e.g., a small number of Aboriginal people in Australia primarily still hunt and gather).
- Horticultural and Pastoral: basic farming and domestication of animals (e.g., farming by hand and nomadic sheepherders).
- Agricultural: large-scale farming with animals and machinery (e.g., animals used to pull plows).
- Industrial: manufacturing of goods using advanced sources of power (e.g., factories during the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century).
- Post Industrial or Information Age: production of information via computers and emphasis on services rather than manufacturing (e.g., computer, news, and social media companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Facebook).