SOC 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Change, Social Inequality

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Seeing the general in the particular (peter berger) Sociologists identify general social patterns in the behaviour of particular individuals. Giving up the idea that human behaviour is simply a matter of what people decide to do. The power of society to shape even our most private choices. Durkheim on suicide, suicide in a comparative perspective. The growth of cities pushed people away from working the land. Political change: shift in focus from moral obligation to god and monarch to the pursuit of self-interest. A new awareness of society in england, france and germany. Theory: a statement of how and why facts are related. Theoretical approach: a basic image of society that guides thinking and research. Society as a complex system whose parts work together for solidarity and stability. Social structure is any relatively stable pattern of social behaviour. Focusing on social stability and unity, ignores inequalities. Society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and social change.