SOCY 122 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Neil Smelser

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

Alexander and bernhard giesen: 5 different approaches to the micro/macro relation, 1. Rational, purposeful individual create society through continent acts of freedom: 2. Interpretive individuals create society through continent acts of freedom: 3. Socialized individuals create society through contingent acts of freedom: 4. Socialized individuals reproduce society by translating the existing social environment into the micro realm: 5. Rational, purposeful individuals acquiesce to society because they are forced to by external social control. Richard manch and neil smelser: 7 different ways sociologists use micro and macro as terms, 1. Micro dealing with individuals, macro dealing with populations: 2. Micro as the focus on small social units, macro dealing with larger social units: 3. Micro as individual interactions with limited scope, macro with societal scope: 4. Micro as interaction, macro as repeated experiences of large number of people in time and space: 5. Micro as empirical indicators of observable units, macro as the product of individuals" behaviour and statements: 6.