SOC103H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Surplus Labour, Dialectic, The Sociological Imagination
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Soc103 exam review guide (be able to demonstrate an understanding of the relationship and/or differences between them and be able to apply them to reality) Written answer topics: the dialectical approach and the list of dialectical relationships that were presented. Dialectic approach: constant fluid relationship where one side will affect the other side. X will affect y; and y will affect x. As the relationship continues, the affect will be slightly different. Connecting micro and macro levels of society together. I. e. unemployed man living in poverty due to factory lay off: structure- agency. Structure: limits opportunities and freedom: gender- class- ethnicity. Using dialectic approach: seeing how these factors are connected: local global north/south. Connections between the first & third world; wealthy and poor; developed and non-developed. Canadian losing t-shirt making job due to hr finding cheaper labour in china: political- economic. Production, capital and wealth distribution: the meaning of thinking sociologically.
