SOC221H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: 2006 Ontario Terrorism Plot, Social Theory, Negative Relationship
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Social theory can be defined as the system of interconnected abstractions or ideas that condenses and organizes knowledge about the social world. Social theorists create explanations about the workings of societies and interactions between members of social groups. Macrosocial theory: focuses on society at the level of social structures and populations. Focuses on society on a large scale, explain social life at high levels of abstraction: societies, cities, nations. Microsocial theory: social theories and explanations about the concrete, small scale, narrow level of reality such as face-to-face interaction in small groups. Mesosocial theory: social theorists and explanations about the middle level of social reality between a broad and narrow scope, such as the development and operation of social organizations. Concepts: an idea expressed as a symbol or in words. Concept cluster: a collection of interrelated ideas that share common assumptions, belong to the same largest social theory, and referred to one another.
