SOC101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Double Standard, Canadian Identity, Married People
1 Dec 2012
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Functionalist researcher = interested in the smooth functioning of society; how roles and shared values promote equilibrium. Concerned with how families socialize children into their appropriate social roles. Conflict theorists = concerned with the struggle over scarce resources by different groups in society and how elites control the less powerful. Interested in how families cope with economic strains. Note: both functionalist and conflict perspectives are macrosociological theories: ask large questions. Symbolic interactionism = interested in face-to-face encounters and the meaning that people use to facilitate social life (ex. how immigrant families negotiate their sense of identity in new surroundings) Feminist theorists = interested in examining issues pertaining to gender and inequality. Ex. examine child-rearing practices to determine if they promote gender inequality or equality. Queer theorists = interested in troubling (problematizing) taken-for-granted concepts such as the term. Normal ; they seek to expose these concepts as socially constructed and as regulatory.
