SOCA01H3 : lecture note
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Social science, use of reason to figure out how the world works, 1700s, industrial revolution, enlightenment, could stay in social institutions for a long period of time. We know social forces exist because they produce consequences. Budding in line, interrupts our social forces of first come first serve mentality. If durkheim can"t find relations between social forces and suicide rates then sociology doesn"t exist. But it does and he found the similarities. Relatively stable patterns of social relations that affect our thoughts, feelings, actions and identify. Microstructures/microforces: (patterns of intimate social relations formed during face to face interaction) eg. one on one. Macrostructures: (patterns of social relations outside and above one"s circle of intimates and acquaintances) eg. society, political systems, mass media(tv, magazines, books, internet) Global structures: (patterns of social relations outside and above the national level) eg. political institutions. Global economy and trade with other countries: quite stable. The sociological prospective (durkheim used this to relate with suicide)
