Three key useful concepts to analyze societal problems:
Social class: refers to the groups of people who sare a similar socio-economic standing. The most common division is upper class, middle class, and lower class.
Political system: refers to the way that people in a country obtain, hold, and dispute political power. Some political systems are: democracy, theocracy and dictatorship.
Economic system: referst to the way the production and distribution of goods and services is organized. Examples are: free-market economy, command economy, mixed-economy, and hunter-gatherer economy.
