SOC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Class Conflict, Anomie, Bourgeoisie

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: Dahab

Document Summary

Agency--> the ability of individuals and groups to exercise free will and to make social changes on a small or large scale. Anomie--> a social condition of normlessness; a state of normative uncertainty that occurs when people lose touch with the shared rules and values that give order and meaning to their lives. Bureaucracies--> formal organizations characterized by written rules, hierarchical authority, and paid staff, intended to promote organizational efficiency class conflict--> competition between social classes over the distribution of wealth, power, and other valued resources in society. Collective conscience--> the common beliefs and values that bind a society together. Double consciousness--> among african americans, an awareness of being both american and black, never free of racial stigma. Ethnocentrism--> a worldview whereby one judges other cultures by the standards of one"s own culture and regards one"s own way of life as normal and better than others.