SOSA 2002X Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Rational Agent, General Idea
2 Dec 2014
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People are seen as a rational actor; trying to make means to ends. Means generally takes 3 forms: economic, social, and political. The ways in which means were used to achieve an end requires rules and protocols. To the extent that these rules and protocols are agreed upon (legitimated), they serve as an authority, which dictates the way people interact to meet their ends. Legitimacy can be achieved with a consensus or imposed. Controls over legitimation process degrees of power. Vertical mosaic: an analysis of social class and power in canada. When this was published, sociology departments were rare in canada. General idea: following weber"s general framework in terms of how he analyzed. Each ethnic group are hierarchically positioned in the social power structure. Other ethnic groups at the lower positions in the social hierarchy entrance status . Before porter"s examination of canadian society, it was assumed to be rather equal, unless they do not have education, etc.
