SY101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Meritocracy, Racialization, Eugenics
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Families, friendships, circles and work associations are all examples of microstructures: macrostructures: patterns of social relations that lie outside your circle of intimates and acquaintances, global studies: international organizations, patterns of world wide travel and communication and economic relations among countries are all examples of global studies. Emile durkheim"s theory of suicide: french sociologist (1858 1917, functionalist, suicide (1897, to explain social patterns in france, very important for the discipline of sociology, it challenged the common sense and understanding of suicide, we ignore social relationships. Research cycle: formulate question, review existing literature, select method, collect data, analyze data, report results. Three building blocks structuring social interactions: social status: claim to social privileges (access or exclusion) based on social prestige and esteem (honour), role: social expectations attached to different social positions (largely behavioural, norm: cultural expectations that differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate behaviours.
