SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Cultural Turn, Symbolic Interactionism, Barbara Ehrenreich

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Tepperman, albanese, curtis: sociology is a study of social behavior in human societies. Emphasis on agency, current in sociology of the 2000s. Neo-liberalism: economic policy a doctrine that believes that markets should be left free and that government should not regulate or if they do, should be regulated with the corporations in mind. Knezevic: sociology is a study of social relations, created in an interaction of agency, social structure and culture. Instead of focusing on each team member individually, focusing on social relations and how the team works together. Social structure: a relatively stable network of social relations that enable and constrain individual agency. Sociological knowledge is: systematically tested in research, and, aware that events are shaped not only by individual; agency, but also by cultures and social structures that cause, or even force, people to experience conditions they would rather avoid. Individual identity is product of society (cf. symbolic interactionism) The use of either/or propositions is termed binary thinking.

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