SOC100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gender Inequality, Economic Inequality, Predatory Lending
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Inequality: for sociologists, inequality is pervasive, has numerous forms and is uniquely social. Environmental inequality (e. g. unequal access to clean water) Sociologists are also interested in other patterns of social life: norms, values, stability/cohesion, change, epistemology. Sociology: the study of patterned relations among humans, and of social institutions people create (p. 1) The sociological perspective: social locations: the (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:374)e(cid:396)s(cid:863) that people o(cid:272)(cid:272)upy (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause of (cid:449)he(cid:396)e they are located in a society. But who cares: who you are and where you are in the world shapes the way you engage, experience and interact with others in society. Sociological imagination: (cid:862)a(cid:374) approa(cid:272)h to so(cid:272)iology that attempts to make sense of the personal experiences of individuals within the context in which these experiences occur, a(cid:374)d relate the(cid:373) to pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) issues. (cid:863) p. 6. Individuals, groups and organizations are structured to maintain social stability: values and norms are important for maintaining stability.
