SY101 Chapter Notes -Solidarity, International Inequality, Social Network
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Social solidarity: refers to the degree to which group members share beliefs and values, the intensity and frequency of their interaction. Values: ideas about what is good and bad, right and wrong. Theory: a tentative explanation of some aspect of social life that states how and why certain facts are related. Altruistic suicide: occurs in settings that exhibit very high levels of social solidarity, according to. Egoistic suicide: results from poor integration of people into society because of weak social ties to others. Anomic suicide: occurs in setting that exhibit low levels of social solidarity. Social structure: relatively stable patterns of social relations. Sociological imagination: the quality of mind that enables one to see the connection between personal troubles and social structures. Microstructures: the patterns of relatively intimate social relations formed during face to face interaction. Macrostructures: overarching patterns of social relations that lie outside and above a person"s circle of intimates and acquaintances.
