SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: George Herbert Mead, George C. Homans, Jane Addams

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Theoretical approach: a basic image of society that guides thinking & research. Social conflict (includes feminism/gender conflict and race conflict approaches) A macro level orientation: not as concerned w/ individual concerned about society @ large. Society as a complex system whose parts work together for solidarity and stability. Believes everyone fills different roles w/in society. Social structures is any relatively stable pattern of social behavior. Social function refers to consequences for the operation of society as a whole. Auguste comte, emile durkheim, herbert spencer, robert k. merton. Focusing on social stability and unit, ignores inequalities. The approach ends up being politically conservative. Society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and social change. This is saying how society fights and doesn"t get along. Society is structures in ways to benefit a few at the expense of the majority. Factors such as race, sec, class & age are linked to social inequality.