Sociology: Social Structures Flashcards
1
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Social structure
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We all want to be part of social structures
2
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Rules
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Formal and informal expectations for acting in a social situation
3
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Resources
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What we have or are called to acquire in society
4
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Social structure
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Rules and resources that are available at the societal level and that enable and constrain individual action
5
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Agency
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Persons ability to choose a particular line of action within a set of structural constraints
6
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Social hierarchies
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Where stauses place individuals
