soc Flashcards
Micro sociology
Face to face interactions
Meritocracy
Rewarded through hard work
sociological imagination
awareness of relationship between personal experience and wider society
Participant observation
becoming part of subject group for research
In-depth interviews
gaining trust of subject overtime for deeper understanding
John porter
Challenged canadian notions of equal and fair, meritocratal and classless. pig fed whole ideals
Structural fuctionalism
institutions work together for stable society, most important til l960, durkheim
Durkheim
Structural functionism, anomie - not belonging to society
Conflict theory
arena of struggle, competing for resources, priviledged acess, karl marx
Karl marx
conflict theory, exploitation and alienation
Feminist theory
inequality between sexes, Dorothy Smith
Dorothy Smith
standpoint theory - one person cannot speak for all
symbolic interactionism
everyday social interaction explain society as a whole. Max weber
Max weber
Symbolic interactionism, verstehen - need to see the world as they see it
Formal norms
laws - proffesional requirements
taboos
vehemently prohibited
mores
most cherished principals
informal norms
unspoken understood rules
folkways
cultural differences