SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Intentionality, Social Inequality, Metatheory
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Conceptual questions concerning conceptualizations, transfers of sociological theories to other domains, conceptual framework to explain social reality. Descriptive questions- descriptions about changes in urban structures, how people live together, communities, networks, the workplace (sociology of the workplace) Normative questions- what should we do about gender discrimination, fight against poverty, sustainability- use normative yardsticks (justice, equality, freedom) see what should be done to see normative ideals. Family structures, gender affecting social inequality, social structures (why do they emerge in the first place?) Or one could use explanation of socialization- the patterns of social environment in which people live explain certain traits of the individual. Core of course: another type of question is not taking individual characteristic but rather social phenomena, social structures, structures of racism, patterns of inequality etc. We formulate theories to explain social phenomena not measured at the individual level but rather collective or aggregative. This leads to theories of structure, how to integrate? (core of course)
