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Functionalism |
Macro-level. How do things work? Society is like an organism. Underlying consensus exists in social life. Society organizes itself to discourage defiance so that it may return to equilibrium. The view that social institutions are important for their contributions to social stability. |
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Conflict Theory |
Macro-level. Stability may come from stable power relations rather than underlying consensus. Unequal distribution of resources. Societies institutions maintain privileges for upper classes; keep others in a lesser position. Asks "who benefits?" The view that society is composed of groups with different interests arising from their placement in the social structure. |
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Symbolic Interactionism |
Micro-level. Human interactions create rules and meanings that structure further interactions. Shared understandings of behavior. Importance of symbols and meaning, face to face interaction to exchange information. Perspective in sociology that focuses on the meanings people gain from social interaction.
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Blaming the victim |
Example: why poor children in urban areas often learn very little in their schools. Children's parents do not care about their learning, fail to teach them good study habits, and do not encourage them to take school seriously. |
Blame the parents |
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Flaming the system |
Putting the blame on the system, not individually. |
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Social constructionist view of social problems. Example. |
Sexual assault and marital rape. These problems occurred long before they were considered a social problem to everyone. |
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In the U.S. poor people are mostly what racial category? |
White |
Cracker |
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Who are the majority of people who receive government aid? |
Elderly, disabled, and working people. |
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Nations with the strongest ties to colonial powers tend to be ____ |
The poorest in the 🌎 |
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Does slavery continue to exist? |
Yes. |
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Individualist explanation of poverty. |
The belief that poor people are poor because they lack the motivation to work and have other failings. |
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Structural explanation of poverty |
The belief that poor people are poor because of various kinds of discrimination and lack of jobs and opportunity. |
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Modernization theory |
The view that global poverty results from a failure of poor nations to have the beliefs, values, and practices necessary for industrialization and rapid growth. |
Modern values and practices |
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Dependency theory |
The view that global poverty results from colonization and exploitation of the poorest nations by the richest and by multinational corporations. |
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Functionalist view of poverty example |
Poverty boosts morale. When people in upper or middle class feel down, the look to the poor people. This ensures them that they rank higher than them and this in turn makes them feel better. Some jobs require more skills than others. |
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The limits to reducing poverty |
Blaming the system. Anti-poverty programs and policies must address the structural basis of poverty. 1. Individualist explanations predominate 2. Current economic system presupposes inequality (and exploitation) 3. Opposing interests and political domination Example: |
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Does race have a biological basis? |
Yes |
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What did WEB claim that U.S. society makes whites? |
The standard |
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What is meant by "the veil" and the "double consciousness?" |
Veil-being black Double consciousness - having thoughts of who you are and also imagining what other people think about you. |
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Opposition to affirmative action |
It's reverse discrimination, illegal, and immoral. |
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Advocates for affirmative action |
It's necessary to make up for the past and present discrimination and lack of opportunities. |
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Prejudice vs. Discrimination |
A man may not have discrimination towards women, but discriminates when not hiring her for a job. |
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Institutional Discrimination example |
Health care. Quality of care by doctors Housing Law enforcement Education |
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Are sex and gender the same? |
👎 |
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Are most rapes committed by strangers? |
👎 |
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Socialization of gender |
Socialization=the process whereby individuals learn the culture of their society. Learn gender and gender roles. |
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Intersectionality |
The study of interacting effects of different sources of inequality and the resulting experiences of oppression. Examples: Black females vs. Black males Poor women vs. Poor men Rich Hispanics vs. Poor hispanics |
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Male gaze |
Women viewed as sexual objects Objectification, sexualization of female body |
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Sex segregation example |
Glass ceiling: barrier to advancement for women. Glass escalator: smooth advancement for men. Example: law enforcement |
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