SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Deinstitutionalisation, Health Care

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: Rubin

Document Summary

Functionalist perspective: families meet the needs of society. Symbolic interactionist perspective: the construction of meaning within families. How do family members negotiate relationships: families emerge as people interact to meet basic needs and develop meaningful relationships, shape social identities, change as people develop new understandings of family life. Conflict perspective (power relationships: families reinforce and support power relations in society, are units through with property and social status are acquired. Passing on inheritance, family heirlooms: are sites for conflict and diverse interests, vital to capitalism. Produces and socialized future workers and consumers: change as the economic organization of society shifts. Feminist perspective: family as a gendered institution. Creates power imbalances between men and women. Shapes the family and social experiences of men and women: system of power relations, change occurs as society shifts on the gender egalitarian continuum (we become more focused on equality between men and women) Deinstitutionalization weakening of social norms that define people"s behavior within marriage.