EDF 3521 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Justice Society Of America, Ethnocentrism, Social Group
31 May 2017
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Social institution formal, recognized, established and stabilized way of pursuing some important activity in society. Principles of fairness and equality for all people and respect for their basic human rights. Society is stratified by race, class, gender, sexuality and ability and actively seeks to change this. A concept that is reflective of the values and interests of those who produce it; all content and all means of knowing are connected to a social context. The recognition that where you stand in relation to others in society shapes what you can see and understand about the world. Identification with and values of groups of origin should be given up and replaced by norms, values, and customs of the new nation. Immigrant groups are entitled to maintain their distinctions within the larger american society. Social group with shared characteristics that distinguish it in some way from larger group. Similar to subculture but implies a greater linkage with parent culture.
