SOCB50H3 Final: all the notes you'll need for this exam!
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Examinations of the reason behind the def of deviance. How norms, etc, determine the cause of deviance. Regulations of everyday life of what normal is. General: illicit a negative reaction, disapproval at a specific place, time. Behavior, an attribute or an idea that is widely viewed as being acceptable (and often desirable) at a particular place and time. Relational product of social relations, interactions therefore contextual (specific to a specific time and place), unstable. Two general deviance perspectives with regard to norms (not necessarily belonging to one party): Objectivists (positivist): why: take social norms as given and natural ; assume widespread consensus, take norms as is, it is what it is. Subjectivist (humanist): how: do not take social norms as natural, given norms are a product of social relations, do not assume widespread consensus acknowledge conflict and dissent. Interested in how norms are constructed and what the consequences are. Real damaged done to society is done by powerful people.
