SYG 2000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Corporate Crime, Role Conflict, Moral Panic
Document Summary
The systematic study of the ways in which people are affected by and affect the social structures that are associated with the groups, organizations, cultures, societies, and the world in which they exist. Scientific study of social behavior and human groups. Focuses on contemporary social issues from a sociological perspective. Studies nation-states, especially the ways in which they relate to one another around the world as well as how they have grown increasingly unable to control global flows of migrants, viruses, recreational drugs, internet scams, and the like. Sociological practice focused on what people do rather than on what people think. Used to understand common forms of social behavior. Goal is purely knowledge and understanding: argue that knowledge to reform society might adversely affect or distort social behavior. Mirco- small scale individuals and their thoughts and actions. Macro- large scale social phenomena such as groups, organizations, cultures, societies, and the world, as well as the relationships between them.
