SOCIOL 3 Lecture 3: SOCIOL 3 – Lecture 3 Notes
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Three perspectives on social problems: social pathology. This is the oldest approach: social darwinism or survival of the fittest. Modern proponents: innate inferiority or the bell curve . Some people are less fit fit people isolate them and let them die: social disorganization. Truly a sociological view that emerged in 1920"s 1930"s. Frequently linked to functionalism holds the idea that rapid change causes problems, rising deviance , etc. Policy: restore equilibrium, readjust society, and help deviants fit in : social structural. Emphasizes how society routinely generates conflicts and inequality. Weakness of the three perspectives: social pathology. Based on faulty early 20th century biology. Thoroughly a person blaming approach: social disorganization. Emerged in an era of rampant anti-marxism. Strong tendency toward person/group blaming : social structural. Based on assumptions about conflict and change from 1960"s.
