SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Anomie, Reaction Formation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Linda Hunter

Document Summary

Part i bereska 35-73 week 3 readings soc 2070. Using positivists theories interest in explaining why people act in particular ways seeking to understand why deviant people act that way triggers subsequent attempts to prevent other people from becoming deviant. Functionalist theories society is seen as being comprised of various structures, each of which fulfills necessary functions for the smooth running of the social order (e. g. family, education system, political system) some are manifest functions: intended and recognized. Others are latent functions: unintentional and unrecognized. Example: manifest function is of university it to train young adults for employment but university does even more its latent functions may include providing individuals with social networks and even the formation of romantic relationships. Durkheim: anomie theory: notion of deviance address in two ways: He suggested that a certain level of deviance is actually functional for society.