SOC100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Ball Gown, Herbert Blumer, Deficit Spending
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Refers to any recurring pattern of social behaviour to the ordered interrelationships. The institutions of a society define the expectations that people hold about each other"s. A social structure is not directly visible: it is evidenced in the observable movements and. A kind of social structure made up of a # of relationships and used to achieve certain. Ex. schools, hospitals, the family, marriage, churches, social movements. Sociologists are interested in ascribed status and achieved status because it tells us a. Ex. homelessness: some can be born into poverty or some make choices in life. Individuals and groups within the social structure, may occupy vastly different. Weber: the ability of an individual or groups to achieve their own goals or aims access to power positions when others are trying to prevent them from being realized authority) Power does not always imply the use of force.
