SOCI 100 Chapter Notes -Social Movement Organization, Sociological Theory, Conflict Theories
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Course reader: an introduction to the sociology of social problems. Must suspend moral beliefs and value judgments to have a more objective understanding of social problems. Social problem phenomenon regarded as bad or undesirable by a significant number of people or a number of significant people who mobilize to eliminate it. If you go into researching crime is bad, it is easy to miss the positive that comes out of it. Provides millions of jobs at the local, provincial and federal level. Plays an essential role in uniting a society against common enemies. Organized crime historically, it has provided ethnic minorities with a ladder to the middle class: acquired wealth established legitimate businesses. Relationships between these three make up the social structure. Presumed: there are rules governing these relationships: sociology study of these rules, sociological theory attempt to describe those rules. Social movement organization group of people that are significant in size or significant in composition.
