SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Hawthorne Effect, Nigger, Conflict Theories

55 views17 pages
20 Apr 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor

Document Summary

Ch 6 networks, groups, bureaucracies, and societies. The conventional answer is that many nazis were evil, sadistic, or deluded enough to think that. Jews threatened the existence of the german people: therefore the innocents had to be killed. Yes it is far from the whole story. Sociologists emphasize 3 other factors: norms of solidarity demand conformity. For example, many of the nazis who roamed the polish countryside to shoot jews often did not hate or have qualms with the people they systematically slaughtered. They simply developed deep loyalty to one another: thus they committed atrocities partly because they wanted to maintain group morale, solidarity, and loyalty. They were quite normal and just wanted to sustain their friendship ties. It also shows that separating people from the negative effects of their actions increases the likelihood of compliance: bureaucracies are highly effective structures of authority. The nazi genocide machine was effective because it was bureaucratically organized.

Get access

Grade+20% off
$8 USD/m$10 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Grade+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
40 Verified Answers
Class+
$8 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Class+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
30 Verified Answers

Related Documents