SOC100H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Opiate, Credentialism And Educational Inflation, Mass Media
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Family theories: conflict theory, functionalism, feminist theory. Theories on religion: conflict theory, feminism, functionalism. Ideological control: mass media: feminist theory, functionalism, conflict theory. We see the stability of institutions when the norms or rules are violated e. g. infidelity, incest, or bad parenting. When people break the rules, they behave in distinctive ways that notify us that a norm has been violated how we realize that an institution exists. When studying institutions, we ask the following question: Example: systems of survival (1994) by jane jacob. Disconnect when you try to apply the norms of one to another: e. g. applying notions of productivity to the governance of a nation. E. g. some people may be nice people, but incompetent with respect to business. One of the most ancient social institutions. How do people adjust to rapid institutional change (and normative uncertainty) associated with: industrialization, urbanization, immigration, acculturation, war and revolution. Durkheim"s discussion of suicide, merton"s talks of adaptations and anomie.
