SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Feminist Theory, Protestant Work Ethic, The Sociological Imagination
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Sociology: the systematic study of human behaviour in social context. Social structures: stable patterns of social relations. Sociological imagination: the quality of mind that enables one to see the connection between personal troubles and social structures. Microstructures: patterns of social relations formed during face to face interaction. Mesostructures: patterns of social relations in organizations that involve people who are often not intimately acquainted and who often do not interact face to face. Macrostructures: overreaching patterns of social elations that lie outside an above one"s circle of inmates and acquaintances (an example of this is patriarchy) Global structures: patterns of social relations that lie outside and above the national level. The sociological imagination was developed from three different revolutions. Theory: a conjecture about the way observed facts are related. It was a movement to promote the view that sound conclusions about the workings of the world must be based on solid evidence, not just speculation.
