SOC101 Study Guide - George Herbert Mead, Georg Simmel, International Red Cross And Red Crescent Movement
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Society is a dynamic system, all parts are interrelated and interdependent. Structures in society perform functions for the whole. Society must meet the needs of the majority in order to maintain equilibrium. Changes must be made to be made if equilibrium is not met. Society is inspired by inequality and competition for resources, which inspires change. Power is the core of all social relationships and is divided unequally among members of society. Social values and ideology are vehicles for which the powerful promote their own interests at the expense of the weak. 2 types of inequality: natural/physical inequality physical differences established by nature, moral/political inequality the result of human classification of valuable things (ie. money, social status, power) Society and social structures are merely the creations of interacting people and can be changed.