SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Naimans, Rolex, Marxism
4 Dec 2015
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Lecture week one sociology and the study of society: How societies work: class, power, and change (5th ed) by joanne naiman. Power: ability to impose one"s will in face of resistance. Social relations: the study of the various elements that constitute a society"s structure and the relationships among these elements. Social stratification: the systematic process of categorizing and ranking people on a hierarchy of social worth such that one"s ranking affects life chances in unequal ways. Sociological imagination: frame of mind in which you are able to connect issues you are facing yourself to the issues that are being faced by society (affected by factors like: gender, race, economic position) Sociology: the systematic study of human society and behaviour of people in society. Status: a position within the social structure; ranked in relation to each other. Status value: people possessing one characteristic are regarded or treated as more valuable than people who possess a different characteristic.
