SOCL 1246 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Longrun, Radium, Anthropocene
11 Jan 2017
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Socialization- the influence of media, family, religion, peers and school on who you are and how you act. Me- (cid:862)so(cid:272)ialized self(cid:863)- the person you are for society. Elites- self-serving, impose will on society since they have the power/ authority (mannergerialists) Left managerialists- believe elites are restricting democracy, primary threat: corporate elites. Right managerialists- believe the state is becoming too powerful. Marx theory- 4 profile system, companies go against values in exchange for profit (capitalism) (cid:862)i(cid:374)(cid:448)isi(cid:271)le ha(cid:374)d(cid:863) Pluralist theory- cultural values shape society/ multiple layers of power within a society. Anthropogenic climate change causes: burning of oil, natural gas and coal emits carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Since the industrial revolution the amount of co2 has increased by 40% raising the. Earth"s te(cid:373)perature (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:1005). (cid:1008) degrees f (cid:894)(cid:1004). (cid:1006) c(cid:895) Effects: heat waves, droughts, wildfires, food storages, increased storms/hurricanes, disease outbreaks. Need to shift to wind and solar.
