SOCY 275 Lecture Notes - Bacteriostatic Agent, Proletariat, Labeling Theory

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 275
• Professor: Stacey Alerie

Document Summary

4 objectives: understand deviance and power relations in society, to see how deviants themselves are caught in structures in society, predisposed to deviance. They are part of a wider structure: deviance is political and a matter of protest, Protesting conditions, protesting political and the ruling class: trace understanding deviance from marxism to present day. Conflict from diversity and different interests in society. Conflict should be at the centre of inquiry: results in competition of status, power, wealth, crime is explained by struggles in groups of society. Interests determines values: values conceal personal interests and gains. Eg what good happens is fair and what bad happens is unjust: state is not representative of common interests. Represents those with power to translate their interests to the rest of society: those with most power can pursue their interests, everyone should live up to these values, only benefits those with wealth and status.