SOCIOL 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Constructionism, Meritocracy, Social Change
11 Oct 2018
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Socio 1c03 c01: canadian society: social problems, social policy, law. Social problem: a social condition (such as poverty) or a pattern of behaviour (such as violence against women) that people believe warrants public concern and collective action to bring about change (kendall et al. Condition or behaviour: those that systematically disadvantages or harms a significant number of people . Process: the ways that our society becomes concerned with social problems. Objective elements: measurable features of a social condition (ex. Subjective elements: people"s interpretations of social conditions (ex. Meritocracy: assumption that if you work hard, then you"ll be able to succeed. Graffiti not considered art as it is against the law and is a problematic expression of art. Social constructionism: a sociological approach that examines the ways the people interact to create a shared social reality (pg 6-12) Social construction is not about false knowledge . Social problems are not immediately obvious, but needed to be present to us and interpreted.
