SOC203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sociological Perspectives, Social Fact, Symbolic Interactionism
5 Mar 2017
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Social problems: defined by a combination of objective and subjective criteria that varies: We become aware of the social problem through. Strategies and actions that individuals or groups undertake to define social conditions as social problems that require remedy. Social problem: a social condition that a segment of society demonstrates to be significantly harmful to members of society and in need of remedy. Sociology: involves looking for and looking at social patterns in social variables, social institutions, and social interactions. Social structure: the way society is organized into different parts can help us to understand the root causes of social problems. Emilie durkheim: phenomena arising from problems with social structures that occur as objectively identifiable social facts e. g. suicide rates, unemployment rate. Institutions social groups statuses roles (think of an onion with layers, large small) Social institutions: an established and enduring pattern of social relationships.
