SOCL 2002 Lecture : Sociology Notes
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Different formal organizations: voluntary, coercive (also in notes, page 135: distinction between formal and informal dimensions of organizations, page 136: idea of rationalization. This is our land : pay poor young males, conflict led to expulsions, when only one ethnic group is left, the conflict turns to class. Networks and exchange borrowed some military stuff and went to the palestinian teachers house and when he opens the door, they make a huge show of being his friend, invite themselves in. Social network: a set of actors and their relationships; links, ties, connection. We watched the internet is for porn. yeah. It"s not just the relations with people that you know that affect you. But also relations between people that you don"t know. Both opportunities and constraints created through networks: interactions near and far. Actor-centered and holistic networks: actor-centered (also called ego-centered) has a focus. Holistic networks are bounded but no focal actor.
