SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Ascribed Status, Achieved Status, Role Theory
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Stable pattern of social relationships that exist within a particular group or society. Process by which people act towards or respond to other people. Being housed in a dwelling that fails to meet basic living standards. Very common among both urban and rural aboriginal populations. Social structure creates order and predictability in a society. It makes it easier to build a self-concept. It gives us the ability to interpret the social situations we encounter. (family to care, school to educate, etc. ) It places us in arbitrary categories not of our own choosing. Marx: economic production most important structural aspect of any society. Capitalism: system of relations of domination. (ex: owner-worker) Most human action takes place within human interactions, we all depend on each other. Ex: we depend on teacher to teach us, teacher depends on class to pay their salary. It is essential to overall function of society, in which all relationships are co-dependent upon other social structures.
