SOC 4369 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Argument, Positive Political Theory, Conflict Theories
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Start with abstract concepts or a proposition that outlines the logical connection among concepts. Start with observing the empirical world and reflecting on what takes place and thinking more abstractly. Social institutions, societies, world regions over long durations: meso. Midlevel of social life, organizations, movements, over moderate durations like months or several years. Focuses on particular content or topic area in social reality like family relations or racial-ethnic relations, tailored to a particular topic area: formal theory. Focuses on general processes or structures that operate across multiple topic areas, like social identity, conflict or exercising power. Logical argument that tells why something takes a specific form or why it occurs. Refer to a general rule or principle and connect it to a theoretical argument with connections among concepts. Ordinary explanation - make something clear or describes something that illustrates it or makes it intelligible for other people. Prediction - a statement that something will occur.
