SOCIOL 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Integration, Anomie, W. E. B. Du Bois

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1Z03
• Professor: Jessica Braimoh

Document Summary

Agency - "refers to the idea that each of us has, to some extent, the ability to alter our socially constructed lives" Structure - "is the network of relatively stable opportunities and constraints influencing our individual behaviors" Macro level theory that is focused on the structures of society an how they work together to produce social order. Society is a set of interconnected parts that all function together. Society needs to meet the needs of the majority. Collective conscience: "the totality of beliefs and sentiments that are common to the average person in society" Social facts: general social features that exist on their own and are independent of individual manifestations. Social integration: the extent to which people feel connected to others in the group. Social regulation: the extent to which an individual desires, behaviors and emotions are regulated by society.