CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ideal Type, Labour Power, Calvinism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1300
• Professor: Colin Montpetit

Document Summary

We construct rules and institutions that govern our relations and our behaviour. Relations of power power is associated with control of resources. Distal relations of power more abstract forms of power. Ex; fear of shame and dislike/ everyone at school wearing similar clothes, obeying similar rules. Dialectics highlights the significance of change. Change is the result of the unity and struggle of opposites. August compte, emile durkheim, karl marx, max weber. Data are empirical facts when in relation to theory. Findings are based on the assumption that knowledge is best gained by direct, systemic observation. Normative approach: based on religion, tradition, or authority to answer important questions. Hypothesis: tentative statement about relationship between two or more concepts or variables. Objective: researchers try to ensure that their biases and values do not affect their research. Descriptive studies: describe social reality or provide details about a group, practise, or event.