SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Wayne Gretzky, Making Money, Consumerism
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Soc101 y1 key concepts & figures & terms and definitions. Occurs in settings that exhibit high levels of social solidarity, results from norms very tightly governing behaviour. Occurs in settings that exhibit low levels of social solidarity, where norms governing behaviour are vaguely defined. Effects of social structures that create social instability. Results from a lack of integration of the individual into society because of weak social ties to others. Study of how people make sense of what others do and say in terms of norms that exist independently of individual social actors. Process by which formerly separated economies, states, and cultures are becoming tied together and people are becoming increasingly aware of their growing interdependence. Patterns of social relations that lie outside and above the national level. Rapid economic transformation which began in britain in 1780s, large0scale application of science and tech to industrial processes, creation of factories, formation of working class.
