Feminest Sociology Flashcards
symbolic interactionism
study individuals role and place within the wider society and how people create their world through social interactions
examine how a physical environment and social structures determine individual behaviour
looks at small groups of people and tries to understand why something happens the way it does
feminest sociology
examines gender conlicts, 20th century, studies inequalities created by gender
dorthy smith
culture is socially ocnstructed, and since society favors men, it does not operate in women best interests
have to look at the problem from women perspective, because everything in society was created with a male perspective
george herbert mead
to things
tree-> shade on hot day
tenents:
1: we act based on the meaning we assign something
2: we give meaning to things based on our social interactions
3: the meaning we give something is not permanent
explains how things in a society and change and rechange as meanings are reassignned
The Polish Peasant in Europe and America
Thomas and Znaniecki’s historic study o people Polish peasant families as they immigrated to US
main question
how do we give meaning to our interactions with others or an idea?
Max Weber
rationalization theoru: social actions motivatied by eficiency or benifiy, rather than
bureaucracy would improve social problems (form of administration found in organizations pursuing a vide variety of goals (more
we are constantly moving in this path of efficiency mcdonaldizationn
Chalrles Cooley
Believes tha tthe individual is just as capable of shaping society as a society is of shaping the individual
looking-glass slef, individuals sense of self is mirrored and reflected by others. You appear and act the way you would like others to see you
Geoge Herbert Mead
A colleague of Cooleys
importance o symbols, lang and comm in relationships,
claimed depecindon circumstances the individual assumes a variety of different social roles and learned, we change to succeed
