SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Symbolic Interactionism, James Blunt, Aretha Franklin
3 Dec 2012
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Micro level interpersonal communication interactions create society (society is what we make it- it is a creation of our everyday interactions) subjectivity. **criticism of structuralism is that we cannot escape it, it is always there. Durkheim and suicide suicide rates related to level of social solidarity (frequency of interaction, level of shared beliefs) if solidarity is very low or very high, suicide will increase. They are experiencing a high level of social solidarity. Women are more involved with families and other social functions therefore more tied to society and less likely to commit suicide over men. Which statement reflects durkheims views on suicide: suicide is connected to social relationships, societies characterized by low social solidarity will have high rates of suicide. What do we know about the elite structure of canadian society: there have been more elites in bc and alberta. When people die and have no family or social contacts (died alone)
