SOCI 2445 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Domestic Violence, Determinism, Relativism
7 Mar 2016
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Positive implications to deviance (con"t from last class negative implications: deviance clarifies rules when people challenge the status quo, forces those institutions to have to clarify the rules. Has become a huge issue in ontario now we have changes coming due to whim"s involvement in saying she doesn"t like the way this system is running: deviance tests rules and my break them to challenge their validity. Deviance challenges the status quo: deviance is also an alternative mean of goal attainment. More extreme deviance the more solidarity: boundary maintenance. Line in the sand: how much are you prepared to go (morally, legally) Noise complaints: how much noise can you tolerate. Scape goating: where we select people as scape goats" in order to get out of something (find someone to blame it on: raises the value of conformity, deviance acts an early warning system.
