SOCI 1002 Final: SOCI 1002 Final Review
18 Feb 2017
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Sociology: systematic study of human activity in context. Herbert spencer coined survival of the fittest . George herbert mead individual sense of self formed in course of interacting with others (symbolic interactionism) Michel foucault biopower; biopolitics; techniques of the self, governmentality; historical genealogy. C. wright mills sociological imagination: involves the capacity for a person to see the connection b/w personal troubles and social structures. Erving goffman dramaturgical analysis (symbolic interactionism) Travis hirschi control theory: the degree to which people are prevented from violating laws and norms accounts for variations in crime and deviance (i. e. more control = less crime, less control = more crime) Functionalism | durkheim | macrostructures: believes that society is made of complex interactions that facilitate social solidarity and promote stability, widely considered to be 1st major theoretical tradition in sociology, fundamentals . Relatively stable patterns of social relations (social structures) govern human relations. Concern w/ how social structures maintain or undermine social stability.
