CRIM 3652 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Analytic Induction, Hasty Generalization, Eric Fromm

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 3652
• Professor: James Sheptycki

Document Summary

Social theory and ethnographic method: connecting everyday life to social structure. Erwin goffman all of the ways human angst over self image in the public act in the basis of how we think others will see us. Theorizing 3 levels 3 levels of studies. Mezo theory the sociology of the group , organization or institution. Macro theory - the social structure of capatalism, patriarchy. Two types of authoritarian personality: live to give order boss/leader. Subordinates need to be told what to do. What is the relationship between structure sand individual agency? (cid:862)free (cid:449)ill(cid:863) (cid:448)ersus (cid:862)deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)is(cid:373)(cid:863) How do we get from data about the world to our theory? (cid:862)i(cid:374)du(cid:272)tio(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:448)ersus (cid:862)dedu(cid:272)tio(cid:374)(cid:863) Ho(cid:449) do eth(cid:374)ographers li(cid:374)k parti(cid:272)ular o(cid:271)ser(cid:448)atio(cid:374) to a(cid:374) a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t of (cid:862)the so(cid:272)ial(cid:863)? (cid:862)the parti(cid:272)ular(cid:863) (cid:448)ersus (cid:862)the ge(cid:374)eral(cid:863) Methodological holism (structural determinism) individuals are socialized and embedded into social structure (organizations, groups, institutions) that constrain, shape and determine their capacities for action.