SOCI 1002H Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sociological Inquiry, Chronic Condition, Gini Coefficient
29 Mar 2018
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Chapter 21 and 24: human society is unequal, sociology = source of liberation, it"s hard to be a sociologist. Review of key ideas: structural functionalism: division of labour is central to how societies work and how social relations are organized. Critical theory: capitalism governed by profit produced through class structure. Not everyone wins fewer people win. Mistakes only a sociologist could make: social engineering: fixing the other". E. g. the race problem": apartheid: creation of utopias: over-determining the revolution, shackled to the state . Apartheid as applied sociology (1945: scientific analysis of the race problem" in south africa, solution: state to force segregation into racial communities, unequal allocation of resources based on developmental stage, critique: imperialist response to protect white privilege. What are the key functions of the capitalist state: accumulation (of wealth) Precarious employment: manage inequalities and impacts of class-system. Rise of identity politics and professional sociology: implications of class welfare obsession in sociology.
