HRLR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Pastoralism, Anomie

• School: MSU
• Department: Human Resrcs & Labor Relations
• Course: HRLR 211
• Professor: C.Liao

Document Summary

Webers view rational for capitalism to make money. Society and conflict struggle between segments of society over valued resources. Society and production capitalists(smaller group at time) versus proletarians. Karl marx (people who sell their labor for wages) Capitalism alienates workers, alienates people from act of working, Mechanical solidarity (traditional society) bond shared on moral value versus organic solidarity bond based on interdependence. Social groups- two or more people who identify with or interact with another. Primary group close people family and friends. Group conformity the tendency of group memember to confirm resulting a narrow view (cid:498)fitting in(cid:499) group think aschs research and milgrams research types of groups in group and out group race and ethnicity, race is biological. Diversity affects behavior three ways social diversity influences group behavior: large groups turn inwards, heterogeneous groups turn outward, physical boundaries create social boundaries. Large secondary groups organize to achieve their goals efficiently.