SOCI 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Social Disorganization Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, Elite
1 Sep 2016
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It foster social change, social rights movement (it"s a type of social action) The notion of deviance is dependent on audience, location, etc. and changes over time. Mild form of deviance can be used as form of distinction. Deviance: violation of established contextual, cultural or social norms (i. e. picking nose in public, murder) not necessarily bad connotation. Social control: regulation and enforcement of social norms. Social order: arrangement of practices and behaviors on which society"s members base their daily lives. Sanctions: means of enforcing rules, can be both positive and negative (rewards/punishments) Informal sanctions: emerge in face-to-face interactions (disapproving looks, comments) Formal sanctions: ways to officially recognize and enforce norm violations, establish rules to punish (legal, mcgill administration, family) Only few universally deviant behaviours since norms vary from place to place. Social control: internal & external sanctions push people to act in socially acceptable ways.
