SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Coral Reef, Warren Buffett, Symbolic Interactionism
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Durkheim: urban environments = anomie (collapse of social norms) Ciies were characterized by an absence of social solidarity) Organic solidarity: social unity based on a division of labor that results in people depending on each other; explains what binds technologically advanced, industrialized socieies together. Mechanical solidarity: the sense of togetherness in a society that arises when people, performing similar work, share similar experiences, customs, values, and beliefs. Karl marx: capitalists need excess populaion to keep wages low --> wanted to have large populaion so they can exploit workers --> can replace a worker that askes for a raise or safe working environment. Applicaion: gentriicaion: what is gentriicaion, poor people moving into suburbs, middle-class moving to the suburbs, visible minoriies moving to the suburbs, more aluent people moving into economically depressed neighbourhoods, the migraion of elderly out of the ciies. Why might women who have kids be drawn to gentriied neighbourhoods? o o o.