KIN 261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anomie, Social Order, Symbolic Interactionism
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Week#2 social models of health and illness (january 13, 2016) lecture summary notes. Following tonight"s lecture and after having read chapter#2 of the textbook, you should be able to explain and critique the following sociological theories (including their key concepts and applications: structural functionalism, marxism aka conflict theory". Note: chapter#2 summarizes all of the theories we will be looking at over the course of the term. You will want to refer back to this chapter as we touch on each of these theories in the ensuing lectures. Three defining characteristics: social production/distribution of health and illness, social construction of health and illness, social organization of health care. Debate: do people have freedom of choice (agency) or are their choices determined by their social position (structure ) **see last week"s assigned chapter in textbook page 17** Sociological theories (considered in this course: structural functionalism, marxism (or conflict theory", weberianism, feminism, human rights and anti-racism frameworks, symbolic interactionism, post-structuralism/postmodernism.
