SOCI 1010 Lecture : RR8 - Interaction and Organization.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 1010
• Professor: Jeff Landry

Document Summary

Sociologists state that there are three other factors to the holocaust aside from the fact that the. Nazis were evil, or deluded enough to think that jews and other undesirables threatened the existence of the german people the nazi thought the innocents had to be killed. The first factor stated was that norms of solidarity demand conformity. The second factor was that structures of authority tend to render people obedient. This states that most people find it difficult to disobey authorities because they fear ridicule, exclusion, and punishment (e. g. : milgram"s study on punishment and learning with increasing volts). The third factor was said to be that the bureaucracies are highly effective structures of authority. Weber defined bureaucracy as a large, impersonal organization comprising many clearly defined positions arranged in a hierarchy. It has a permanent, salaried staff of qualified experts and written goals, rules, and procedures.