SOC102H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Macrosociology, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman
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Definition a social condition or pattern of behavior that is believed to warrant public concern and collective action. measurable features of a negative social condition. Such a condition might include crime, poverty, alcohol abuse and can be considered an objective reality. People"s evaluation of objective conditions and the processes that influence their evaluation. Moral entrepreneurs are crusading reformers who are disturbed by particular types of evil they see in this world and who will not ready until something is done to correct the problem. Gestures, artefacts and words that represent something else. Specific duties and obligations expected of those belonging to a specific status. A set of people, defined by formal or informal criteria of membership, who feel unified or are bound together in stable patterns of interaction. Employees in bureaucratic organization who bring forward valid information about wrongdoings and illegal conducts of their organization.
