SOC1105- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 26 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1105
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

Document Summary

Sociology: the systematic study of human groups and their interactions. Sociological perspective: the unique way in which sociologists see our word and can dissect the dynamic relationships between individuals and the larger social network in which we all live. Charles wright mills (c. wright mills: the sociological imagination, developing an appreciation of how individual challenges are influenced by larger social forces, ex: rosa park, personal troubles result from individual challenges. What makes you, you: agency refers to the idea that each of us has, to some extent, the ability t alter our socially constructed lives. The origins of sociology: the scientific revolution (1650-1800, auguste comte (the father of sociology, hard science should be applied to the social world. Sociology in canada: geography and regionalism, ability to survive overtime, role of regionalism, political economy, clement-interest i the interactions of politics, government and the social and cultural constitution of markets, institutions and actors, canadianization movement.