SOCI 2030 Lecture Notes - Symbolic Interactionism
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Theory seeks to find the reasons behind the reasons. Theories are conditional (can change based on social conditions, time, space, etc. ) Bureaucracy is a continuous organization governed by a system of rules. Conduct is governed by detached, impersonal rules. There is division of labour in which different offices are assigned different spheres of competence. Hierarchical authority relations prevail; that is, lower offices are under control of higher ones. Administrative actions, roles, and so on are in writing and maintained in files. Individuals do not own and cannot buy or sell their offices. The level of social reality it explains macro, micro, meso. Argues that is there is going to be a causal relationship between 2 variables, then a change in one variable (independent) has to be associated with a change in the other (dependent). The cause (independent variable) has to clearly precede the effect (dependent variable).
