SYG-2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Intact Dilation And Extraction, Harry J. Anslinger, Homicide
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Objective inquiry about social structure-social organizing principles: culture: characteristics of a group of people. Even concepts of the universe: symbols: anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who share culture. The meaning of the same symbols varies from society to society, within a single society, and over time: values: abstract ideals (attitude, perspective, norms: rules, principles, or expectations that guide behavior. Intersects with social structure: what accounts for social problems, structure and agency - locating the root of social problems, structure: enduring patterns of social arrangements within a society, group, organization or time period. In uences (limits or propels) choices and opportunities available from which one might choose: agency: the capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices. The relative role of structure and agency of humans as causes of problems are hotly debated in the social sciences.
