SOCL 1101 Lecture 8: Groups, Networks, and Institutions
6 Jun 2018
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Understanding and Studying the Social Order
● Social life is not random or uncontrolled but is highly organized (even if informal)
○ Social structure: enduring patterns of social organization
○ Key elements: groups, networks, organizations, institutions
● Structure of social order shapes key outcomes
○ Success/failure of companies
○ Econ distribution
○ Growth/collapse of industries
○ Diseases
● Can use this to advance certain goals
○ Advance social justice
Levels of Sociological Analysis
● Microsociology
○ Face to face
● Macrosociology
○ Broad features of society
○ Large-scale social structures
● Affect each other
Social Structure
● Components of social structure
○ Institutions
○ Social groups
○ Social status
● Social structure: patterned relationship between people that persist over time
● Behaviors and attitudes are shaped by location and social structure
Culture vs. Social Structure
● Example
○ Gender role attitudes are part of culture
○ Occupational segregation is an element of structure
Social class
● Based on income education and occupational prestige
● Interests shared among people of same social class
Social Status
● Status
○ The position someone occupies
● Role
○ Behaviors obligations expectations attached to that status
● You occupy a status; you play the role
Social Institutions: The Family
● Statuses
○ Mother, father, son, daughter
● Role expectations
○ Husband and wife are faithful
● Values
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Document Summary
Social life is not random or uncontrolled but is highly organized (even if informal) Social structure: enduring patterns of social organization. Structure of social order shapes key outcomes. Can use this to advance certain goals. Social structure: patterned relationship between people that persist over time. Behaviors and attitudes are shaped by location and social structure. Gender role attitudes are part of culture. Occupational segregation is an element of structure. Based on income education and occupational prestige. Interests shared among people of same social class. Behaviors obligations expectations attached to that status. You occupy a status; you play the role. Varies based on divorce, geographic location, preferential treatment. Argued that the group"s size is one of the most important elements determining the form of social relations. Leader influences behaviors, opinions, or attitudes of others perceived as strongly representing values or able to lead in crisis. Expressive (transformational) not always in a formal position of leadership, sympathy.
