SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes -Class Conflict, Social Constructionism, Erving Goffman
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[1,microstructures are the patterns of relatively intimate social relations formed during face-to-face interaction. e. p: families, friendship circles, and work associations. [2,macrosturctures are overarching patterns of social relations that lie outside and above your circle of intimates and acquaintances. e. p: classes, bureaucracies, and power system(patriarchy is the traditional system of economic and political inequality between women and men. ) [3,global structures are patterns of social relations that lie outside and above the national level. It encouraged the view that sound conclusions about the workings of society must be based on solid evidence, not just speculation. It suggested that people are response for organizing society and that human intervention can therefore solve social problems. It involved the large-scale application of science and technology to industrial processes, the creation of factories, and the formation of a working class. Biological metaphor: each part of society plays a part in holding it together (1)[durkheim] 1,stresses that human behavior is governed by relatively stable social structures.
