SOC 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Role Theory, Achieved Status, Ascribed Status
24
SOC 101 Full Course Notes
Verified Note
24 documents
Document Summary
A common and ongoing example of social structure in action can be found in the study of line (or queue) behavior. Single line, single server: voters waiting in line. According to best selling author eric schlosser (fast food. Nation), we have indeed become very different people today in contrast to most of human history through our changed eating habits. We have essentially restructured our food delivery system within just the last thirty years with disastrous consequences. Commonweath club of california in 2006 is a powerful indictment of the food industry. Fast forward to about 2:25 to skip the introduction. The entire speech and q and a lasts about an hour. http://odeo. com/episodes/1246005 and, here is a trailer for the movie: http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=zc_z623wsro&feature=related. Another food critic, michael pollan, is interviewed by bill moyers. He discusses how we should restructure the often-overlooked question of food policy: http://www. pbs. org/moyers/journal/11282008/watch. html . His recent letter to president obama can be found here: http://www. nytimes. com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t. html.
