SOC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Labeling Theory, Social Movement
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Social problems: societal induced conditions that harm any segment of the population-- also relates to acts and conditions that violate the norms and values found in society. Social movement: organized effort to encourage or discourage social change. Social policy: formal strategy to shape some aspect of social life. The medical model (early sociology): social problems linked to bad people due to disabilities, lesser education, or incomplete socialization. Absolutist approach (1920s 1930s): conditions in society foster social problems: looking into migration, urbanization, and industrialization. Social construction: social problems dependent on time and audience: ex: wanting to legalize cannabis. Subjectivity: how/ why you distinguish a social problem to study in the first place. Bias: determination on what to study through feelings and values. Southern government: slavery is not a problem, but revolts were.
