A S L 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Structuration Theory, Pierre Bourdieu, Gayle Rubin
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Institutions education, legal system, the state: exists independently of individuals: reification. Interdependent roles: common norms and values: transmitted through, the family, education. In interactions, our image is reflected back at us in other people"s behaviour towards us: we interpret how other people see us and change or modify our behaviour and self- image in response. Structuration theory: giddens: attempt to overcome the division between agency and structure, structure and agency depend on each other, structures: , norms, values, power relations. Theoretical approaches (mccormac et al & mccormac, mark & Anderson, eric & jamie, kimberly & dave, discovering psychology, Functionalism: societies operate as they do for a reason and social change is risky, society acts like a body: institutions are like organs that ensure the body runs smoothly, famous sociologists: emile durkheim + talcott parsons. Conflict theories: people are in competition with each other for money or status, examines social problems and issues in society, famous sociologists: w. e. b.
