Chapter 1 Flashcards
Social Location
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Social Problem
A condition and/or a pattern of behaviour (e.g., violence) that people believe warrants public concern and collective action to bring about change.
What is a Social Problem?Social problems can also be discrepancies between ideals and achieveme
Society
a large number of individuals who share the same territory and are subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectation
Margins of Society
Non-white uneducated disabled unemployed old femme
Discrimination
Action specifically???????
Hate crime
An act of violence motivated by prejudice against people on the basis of racialized identity, religion, gender or sexual orientation.
3 Sociological Approaches
Structural Functionalism
Social Conflict
Structural Functionalism
we live in a world which is organized with social institutions which specifically perform functions within society. so if these systems breakdown then society breaksdown.
Symbolic Interactionalism
Micro-level theory emphasis on creation and exchange of meaning through interaction.
How people make sense of their everyday worlds.