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17 Cards in this Set
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Sociology |
The systematic study of human behaviour in the social context |
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3 things sociologists examine within a particular society |
Patterns - behaviour - meanings - beliefs Links - b'ween society & issues w'in that society Causes - result of social influences |
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Social structures |
Stable patterns of social relations, all of which lead to social solidarity e.g. friends, teams, religion |
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Social Agency |
An individual/group's ability to influence their own lives and society. |
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Durkheim's theory |
Social solidarity decreases rate of suicide. |
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C. Wright Mills theory |
Sociological imagination - ability to see connection b'ween personal problems and social structures. |
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Marx theory |
Communism |
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Weber's theory |
Protestant ethic, growth of beuraucracy |
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Microstructures |
Patterns of intimate social interaction |
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Macrostructures |
Patterns of outside intimate social circles E.g. class, patriarchy |
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Global structures |
Patterns outside and > macro structures E.g. international conflict theory |
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4 major traditions in society |
Functionalism Symbolic Interactionism Conflict Theory Feminism |
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Functionalism |
Analyses how social order is supported by macrostructures - everyone has a role in society |
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Symbolic interactionism |
Analyses how meaning is created when people communicate in micro-level settings |
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Conflict theory |
Analysed how social inequity is maintained and challenged E.g rich/poor |
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Feminism |
Focuses on social sources of patriarchy in both micro and macro level settings |
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3 modern revolutions pushed people to think about society in a totally different way |
Scientific revolution (1550) Democratic revolution (1750) Industrial revolution (1780) |
