SOCI 100 Lecture Notes - Social Movement Organization, Social Constructionism, Corporate Crime
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Social problem a phenomenon regarded as bad or undesirable by a significant number of people or a number of significant people who mobilize to eliminate it. Social movement organization group mobilizes to eliminate a social problem. To understand why group forms, must understand the social structure: social structure total of individuals, groups and institutions in society and relationships between them; assumed rules govern these relationships, sociology studies and describes these rules. A phenomenon does not become a social problem because of its inherent badness. Instead, due to the factors external to the problem, rooted in social structure and social movement organization. Concerned with how meanings of social problems are constructed. Identify phenomenon as problematic: provide explanations for causes, persuade public that the phenomenon is problematic; that it must be dealt with. From academic tradition of karl marx and antonio gramsci. Differs from social constructionism due to emphasis on role of elite interests in the process of problem construction.
