SOC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Milgram Experiment, Double Consciousness, The Sociological Imagination

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Sociology (SOC)
• Course: SOC 001
• Professor: jones

Document Summary

Be able to connect readings to key concepts. Know readings well enough to be able to summarize key points in 2-3 sentences. Bureaucratic system set up in a way that abusers are able to separate themselves from. Max weber clarification: iron cage does not refer to bureaucracy but capitalism! Difficult for outsiders to gain access to these resources. Consists of people following a pattern and expectation that others will follow. Admissions officers essentially control the activities of high schoolers (and younger) who wish to get into college. Institution set of ways that things are done (not the physical people) Legitimate authority is not tied to direct threats (weber) Make the command a maxim for your action. 2nd face of power how people in society set the agenda. Reading(s): crime waves (police overwhelming source of reporting police can influence outlook on crime); dead on arrival.