SOC 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Day Care, Marriage License
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Genealogy: the study of ancestry and family history. Families: groups of related people bound by connections that are biological, legal, or emotional. The personal family: people to whom we feel related and who we expect to define us as members of their family as well. The legal family: group of individuals related by birth, marriage, or adoption. Institutional arena: social space in which relations between people in common positions are governed by accepted rules of interaction. Family arena: institutional arena where people practice intimacy, child bearing and socializing, and caring work. State: institutional arena where, through political means, behavior is legally regulated, violence is controlled, and resources are redistributed. Market: where we sell our labor for pay, economic exchange, and wealth accumulation take place. Day care: market makes available child care for families. Marriage license: laws and regulations of the state determine who can and can"t get married. Census: periodic count of people in a population and their characteristics.
