SOC102H1 Study Guide - Les Bourgeois, Outlandish, Governmentality
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Industrial revolution - forced individuals into harsh urban conditions and exploitive economic relationships. French revolution showed individuals new socio-political arrangements were possible and should be developed. Multiple paradigm approach - allows for a variety in sociological research and theory. Fusion approach - provides an agreed-upon body of sociological knowledge. Sociology the systematic study of social behaviour, or the study of society. Society the largest-scale human group whose members share interaction, a common geography, and common institutions. Moral philosophy philosophical approach defined by ideas such as blame, guilt, sin, and wrong-doing. Common-sense knowledge the uninspected package of beliefs, understandings, and propositions people assume to be true. Macrosociology the study of social institutions and large social groups. Microsociology the study of the processes and patterns of personal interaction that occur among people within groups. Structural functional theory views society as a set of interconnected parts that work together to preserve the overall stability and efficiency of the whole.
