Sociology 2215A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Responsible Government, Ibm Officevision, Herbert Blumer

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2215A/B
• Professor: L. Jakubowski

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Sociology of education: how social structures affect education as well as the outcomes: social class: socioeconomic background, lea(cid:396)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, f(cid:396)o(cid:373) a(cid:374) ea(cid:396)l(cid:455) age, ho(cid:449) to (cid:858)(cid:271)e(cid:859) i(cid:374) the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld. Influences socialization, status, social order, and economic productivity. Social mobility: ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e i(cid:374) o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s so(cid:272)ial positio(cid:374: difficult for disadvantaged youth. Continued cycle of poverty due to structural and social inequalities experienced early on (this therefore limits opportunities further on) Neoliberalism: ideological belief in the reduction of public spending and promotion of reliance on private enterprise. Sociological theories: structural functionalist, symbolic interactionist, conflict theory, feminist theory. Society: large group of people, common political authority, similar cultural expectations. Global sociological imagination: c. wright mills, use this to study what we are analyzing. Macrosocial theory: society in terms of social structures and populations; society as a whole. Mesosocial theory: between micro and macro; role of social organizations in society. Middle range theory: theories about limited aspects of life. Agency: i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual(cid:859)s ability to act and make choices.