SOC100H5 Study Guide - Symbolic Interactionism, Structural Violence, Feminist Theory

• School: UTM
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100H5

Document Summary

Attempts to explain social inequalities and why inequality exists and who causes it. Takes a macrosiological approach, emphasizing the role of power relations and conflicts of interest on a larger societal scale to expound issues like exploitation, discrimination, and structural violence. Studies how complex societies work and what is necessary for social systems to maintain order and stability. Takes a macrosociological approach, looking at the larger-scale patterns of behaviour in society and how people organize and work together. Thinks of society as a system, looking at how the parts of society interconnect, interact, and depend on one another for stability. Asks how individual meaning is important in understanding how we act and think. Takes a microsociological approach, taking a small-scale view of society that looks at our everyday experiences and perspectives. Asks about women"s lives in order to take a step in the direction of understanding all members of society.