SOCL 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster, Red Tape, Oligarchy
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Provide a sense of belonging, vital for well-being. Sociologists describe diferent types of groups, which we will learn today. Aggregate= people sharing space temporally, only (e. g. people waiing for the bus) Category= a staisic or similar traits (e. g. people without hair) They are characterized by close face to face interacions and cooperaion (cooley) Provide a bufer or protecion from a larger group/society. Within secondary groups you can have primary groups. If you"re in a sorority or fraternity then the whole organizaion is the secondary group but your individual chapter that you have friends in can be you primary group. Voluntary associaions= people who volunteer based on mutual interest. Michels" iron rule of oligarchy= the rule by a few. How organizaions tend towards a small, inner, elite, and self-perpetuaing leadership. E. g. , democrats" super delegates against bernie sanders or republicans" super delegates against trump. Once a smaller group gains power within a larger group, they are going to.
