SOC 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Macrosociology, Microsociology, Structural Functionalism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 103
• Professor: Rebecca Lock

Document Summary

Change theories: feminist, critical race, queer, marxist, neo-marxist. Macro-sociology- structures and the influence of society. Relations of power where people interact daily (experientially tangible) Micro-sociology will be attended to proximal relations of power. Relations of power are at a distance, but affect our lives, e. g. the government, the law, the economy. (hard to see) The big fish may see the world as just out of a lock of sociological imagination. Or, he may desire to see the world as just because the status quo benefits him. The big fish may feel better about seeing the world as just if he convinces the other fish to see the world as just too. The small fish might not see the world as just; he is struggling to survive within the status quo. The small fish may see his situation as inevitable or natural, because of his size.