Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Credentialism And Educational Inflation, Predicable, Medicalization
23 Sep 2016
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Pattern of routine, regular, ongoing, predicable, repetitive, reliable ongoing interactions and relationships that guide and constrain behaviour. Examples of social structure, education (routine, line up, interaction between teacher and student you know these things because its engrained in us), prison, religion and family - institutions like these are ruled by social structure. Examples: aboriginal people in manitoba have an hiv rate 11 times the national average. Lack of access to healthcare as much of aboriginal people live in isolate areas - not getting the funding. Healthcare structure: regularly getting inadequate sanitation and food (poverty) link between the two, education and geographical isolation. The legacy of colonization and patterns throughout history. Historical patterns of treatment have been mistreated (canadian government) has mistreated the aboriginal people. Once you start to make connections to the wider patterns and then you can explain why. Argues that it is the job of sociologists to acquire an imagination.
