Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dominant Ideology, Meritocracy, Liberal Democracy
15 Sep 2016
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Systematic study of patterned social interactions in society: interested in patterned group behaviour. Strange in familiar: social deviation making familiar behaviour, questions pre-granted assumptions. Individual with social context: how someone behaves/acts in social settings, how they"re impacted by social settings. Societal factors that contribute to a case: institutional factors. 2016: interested in patterned social interactions: 700% rise in adhd since 1980s. Described as multicultural, democratic, free, equal, meritocracy society these are all ideologies. Liberal democracy: belief canada is free, democratic, equal, multicultural, and meritocratic. Rank according to class: income, gender, race, sex, occupation. Racial minority, and women can be at top but the latter is a general pattern of behaviour that tells us systematic oppression. People at top want to believe this ideology, because they want to believe they earned it. People at the bottom also buy into this as it gives them hope. Ideology is hegemonic if most disadvantaged buy into it, and believes it to be true.
