SOC 100A Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Feminist Theory, Wage Labour, Conflict Theories
31 Dec 2018
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Capitalism: a system of production that emerged with modernity and which is characterised by industrial production, private ownership of capital (including property) and wage labour. Colonialism: the establishment, originally by the leading countries in western europe (portugal, Spain, the netherlands, great britain, france, germany) of social, political, and economic control of parts of asia, africa, australasia, and north and south america. Conflict theory: a theory that explains many aspects of social formations in terms of what is believed are fundamental differences of interest amount social groups, which are usually based on economic differences and create unequal relations of power. *critical thought: critical thinking is central to the sociological perspective and involves challenging common sense explanations of human behaviour. Culture: shares values, norms, and everyday practices, the learned ideas, values, knowledge, rule sand customs shared by members of a collectivity, such as those based on ethnicity, gender, sexualty, indigeneity, age, and disability.
