Sociology 2266A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Multinational Corporation, Stateless Society, Social Inequality
26 Oct 2016
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Chapter 2- the social context of dispute settlement and the rise of the law. All communities have to deal with con ict and develop ways of maintaining social order. Crime is essentially breaking the law. not all places have laws. formation of laws needs a central body like a state that makes and controls the laws. Criminal law has not been a part of most of human history. Mode of production: the dominant form of social and technical organization of economic production in a society. historically, a variety of models of production can be distinguished based on both technology and the structure of social relationships. Collective solidarity: a state of social bonding or interdependency that rests on similarity of beliefs and values shared activities and ties of kinship and cooperation among members of a community. There was solidarity in hunter and gatherer societies because there was no surplus so they had to share with the group.
