SOC346H5 Lecture 8: Full Lecture 8 Notes
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rapid use of american brand of capitalism: value system: self-interest at the expense of collectivism. ecology: organisms relations with their environment & each other. reflects degree scarcity of resources (food, mate ) results in competition or cooperation between different species. all parts are connected and have adjusted to each other. keeps numbers of each specie in check. other species do not know how to deal with them. either they adjust or equilibrium is destroyed. Processes involved in creation of a new equilibrium. at first: labour was needed for railroad. Concentric zone theory (robert ezra park and ernest w. burgess) people with similar resources concentrate in the same area. poor areas disorganized: poverty, crime, value conflicts, turn-over of people . Clifford shaw and henry d. mckay (shaw & mckay) delinquency was not caused at the individual level. It is a normal response by normal individuals to abnormal conditions www. notesolution. com.
