The difference between birth and death rates, excluding immigration.

The inefficient use of ideas, expertise, money, or material in an organization.

The exclusive control of a particular industry, market, service, or commodity by a single organization.

The arrangement of positions in a rank order, with those below reporting to those above.

A form of social interaction involving collaborative effort among people to achieve a common goal.

A system of stratification based primarily on the unequal ownership and control of economic resources.

A group of people bound together by common goals and rules, but not necessarily by close personal ties.

White Americans who value and preserve aspects of their ethnic heritage.

A form of sociological analysis that stresses understanding national behavior in terms of historical and contemporary relationships among nations and societies .

Crimes committed by "respectable" individuals, often while they practice their occupations-- for example, embezzling money or stealing computer time.