SOCI 1010 Study Guide - Elder Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence
8 Dec 2013
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Something that affects the economy, and peoples livelihoods. Condition that a section of society shows to be significantly harmful to other members of society; comes down to who is in the decision making position. Through social change, conflict develops (capitalism; private ownership of production in economy) Followers and leaders / decision makers, beliefs of what is wrong and what is right. Conflict in the decision making roles/power/more traditional families/age: the sociological imagination. Ability to see connections between personal lives and the social world we live in. Term developed by c. wright mills , difficult to develop this quality of mind in people: theoretical perspectives sf,c,si,f,pm,q, structural-functionalism. Assess social structures and their functions or dysfunctions. Everything has a function and if it is meant to work, it will work. Each part of society influences and is influenced by other parts: conflict. Understands differences to be a driving force behind many social problems (differences in power, wellbeing and access to resources)
