The Individual and the Collective

Question 0

What are the 4 levels of participation in society?

Answer 0

1. Small group interactions
2. Organisations/Communities
3. National societies
4. International organisations/ Global society

Question 1

What is society?

Answer 1

A complex of institutions (education system, families, religious rituals and the mass media) which are specialised and interrelated and establish practices that regulate social life

Question 2

How are societies divided by power structures within nations?

Answer 2

Age, gender, ethnicity

Question 3

How aye societies divided by power structures between nations?

Answer 3

Colonialism, imperialism and dependency

Question 4

In what 2 ways are differences and relationships between collectivities manifest?

Answer 4

1. Social control: power and force

2. Social conflict: collective resistance

Question 5

What factors affect social mobility?

Answer 5

Origin, age and gender

Physical mobility- transport infrastructure/ national and regional boundaries

Question 6

How are norms and values linked together?

Answer 6

Religion and politics

Creative activities: art, music, film, cookery, drama

Customs and lifestyle

Question 7

How can we move in and out of different communities?

Answer 7

Kin and kith

No conformity leading to rejection

Question 8

What are the 3 stages of forming intentional communities?

Answer 8

1. Self recognition (through extrinsic circumstances)
2. Proclamation (defining boundaries)
3. Institutionalisation- becomes a political act as a recognisable collective identity and a lobby group

Question 9

What is the danger of institutionalisation?

Answer 9

Ossification and exclusion as well as recognition