SOC212H1 Study Guide - Herbert Blumer, Symbolic Interactionism, Social Disorganization Theory
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Crime and deviance in the chicago school soc 358. Assignment not due until the fourth week. In class midterm: 6th class - february 13 2012. No multiple choice: short & long essay. What is the chicago school? opposes big theories . 1)naturalism - we should study people and processes in their natural context. 2 names for the chicago school: park, burgess. Becker (outsiders) & goffman (presentation of self in everyday life, stigma, asylums) Repeated theme: a tension between the outsider definition and the insider understanding of what the world is. Anderson - perception of street corner shmucks - group is highly differentiat- ed in reality. Group draws moral distinctions between each other, they have specific moral status. Lecture 2 - howard becker - november 16 2012. ** important part of the career metaphor: forces you to see how things change over time --- importance of seeing in the career perspective meanings shift and evolve - situational dependent.
