SOC 270 Study Guide - Fall 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - White People, Weight Loss, University Of California
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Stage one : something gets deemed as offensive and undesirable by a group (p. 212) Social problems start from private troubles to public issues . Claims are then created and presented in order to gain attention and support from the public, resulting in creating a controversy. Stage two : claims start to gain recognition and attention from official/influential organizations (only when it involves officials will it then move forward to next stage) Stage four : group basically rebels and does not want to work with the system, which then leads to attempts in developing alternative institutions . Sociologists should not hold biases and choose a side of the social problems. *institutions confront social problems by not directly taking a stance on any side of the problem but instead referring to their own general policy in order to avoid controversy and conflict* *viable claims are important, it has to be credible and can then be considered valid*
