[SOC1105] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (21 pages long)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1105
• Professor: Liam Kilmurray

Document Summary

(cid:449)e (cid:862)(cid:373)ust look s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)ati(cid:272)all(cid:455) at the i(cid:374)terpla(cid:455) a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g regi(cid:373)es, i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s, politi(cid:272)al opportu(cid:374)it(cid:455) stru(cid:272)ture, a(cid:374)d repertoires(cid:863) Studies the relationships between humans and the social organizations we inhabit interactions between humans and their social environment (race, gender, fashion, sexuality, etc) the study of human societies using empirical investigation and critical analysis. Sociologists say many of the things we do are processes that extend beyond our individual choices and are rooted in the structural conditions of the social, political, and economic order in which we live (marxist influence) Says free will does not really exist. B/c of this belief, one of the roles of sociology is to uncover these structural conditions therefore, systematic research and a value free approach is applied. Objective distancing, make no judgments when analyzing data. Structural aspects of society are enduring patterns of social relations and institutions. E. g. political systems, voting, economic systems and taxation "structures"