SOC100H5 Chapter Notes -Feminist Theory, Social Inequality, Intersectionality
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Industrial revolution (18th and 19th) had an impact on how people earned their money and lived their lives. Sociological theories 2 criterion: empirical component, are the ideas testable. 2: thinking of ways how the theory is sociological not psychological, etc. Four major theories in sociology: structural functionalism: a. A complex system of parts working together to promote solidarity and stability: for society to run smoothly all parts must be working together, emile durkheim. Import to understand how these parts worked together. Influenced by alluding society to an organism or a machine i. ii: state of equilibrium, marco structure level, big picture society, social solidarity: i. Invisible and unintended effects of social structures: ex: education system develops peer culture, moving away from influence of parents influenced by peers. In socio, thinking of others expectations for us. Structural: norms, values, durkheim, social solidarity, stability, organism/machine, macro structure, order. Individual: bourgeoisie vs. proletariat, marx, chaos, conflict, exploitation, change oriented, capitalism, macro structure.
