SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Microstructure, Symbolic Interactionism, Gender Inequality
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Microstructures = intimate, you get to know quite a a lot about ppl you make those relationships with. Class structures in canada: what different classes are there, what effect on society do they have, relationship between different classes in canada , middle class . Wright mills explanation: unemployment leads to many issues, from financial stress to abusive relationships. It can be viewed as a personal problem: we can look at the cause two ways. As a personal problem: it"s the person"s unemployment that is causing the issues. As a general problem of all unemployed: so look for solutions to unemployment through the government. Proximal = microstructure; things that happen to us in our everyday lives. Distal = macrostructure; a public issue (may look as it"s a personal issue if it effects your family, but most likely effects numerous families in society) Values: whatever attributes we think are important in society: sociologist will do research based on their values; ex.
