SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Industrial Revolution, Conflict Theories

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Gender matters, socio-economic status matters, social interactions. Durkheim did research about suicide, and came up with 4 types of suicide that are related to their social experience. What was happening around them caused them to commit suicide. Jewish are less likely to commit suicide rather than christians (protestants) Studies show that people who have better sex lives are more please/happy with life. Very important to look at a global perspectives. Life that we live is largely dependent on where we live. Public policy: rules, the way that we live this world. Toronto most multicultural community in the entire world. Empowerment who we are, what we can do. Discipline that came through the industrial revolution. People were the same during this time, slowly the world became more diversified. People left their homes to go get an income compared to making an income from home. 3 different theoretical perspectives many sub categories. Structural functionalist is someone who believes we are interdependent.