SOCI 201 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Capitalism, Canada, Max Weber
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Weber"s definition of ethnic groups: remaining existential issue to this day, debunking idea that race is a scientific category, race = based on subjectivity = scientifically invalid, based on subjective decisions, no larger marker of differences. Weber = early social scientist in challenging race Political action: ethnic groups emerge for purpose of achieving some common goal in political. & economic system; representing relationship to power; marginalisation; from or control of reign of power. Northern ireland - catholics vs. protestants: protestants: dominate & control economy, catholics: repressed, an example of ethnic groups where one has power and the other is suppressed. What it means to be part of this ethnicity: lot of subjectivity diff groups choose diff aspects to emphasise. Boundaries: delimits social circles, markers such as customs, language, religious practices, cuisine, dress, dialects/accents: choose who"s in and who"s out, u. s mixed marriages, limited cross, limited interactions.
