SOC 7106 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Economic Globalization

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 7106
• Professor: Willow Scobie

Document Summary

Time is essential as aging is known as the sequence of ones life phases and transition that are structured within the reciprocal process of political, social and economic conditions of ones historical/institutional/individual passages. Analyzing modern life trajectory does require a strategy that encompasses a variety of designs including both quantitative and qualitative methods. It further provides light on how structure and institutional changes affect persons lives as in provides insight on the persons interrelationship with their society through-out time (cid:449)hile i(cid:374)tegrati(cid:374)g so(cid:272)ial theory. Today"s defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374)s take i(cid:374)to (cid:272)o(cid:374)sideratio(cid:374) the li(cid:374)kage of (cid:448)arious factors and how they are interdependent among one another. Three interdependents: past, present and future: dependent of the life course. We learn from the past which provides us bounds when making our current decisions and plans. Here, individual action and development are embedded within these life domains competing for resources: structural conditions: those between personal action, politics, social and cultural contexts.