SOCL 2002 Chapter : Back History And Structural Functionalism
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Sociological perspectives: perspective on human behavior and its connection to society as a whole. Led to big changes in society: people were no longer farming; they moved to cities and worked in factories. An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of. A country"s wealth is not about gold or silver, but its output production (what it manufactures/produces, and supplies) System against mercantile capitalism, which was the fundamental cause of the american revolution. Pissed off merchants like john hancock and adam. Believed in a division of labor that applied to workforce and society. High division of labor: workers are assigned specialties found in assembly lines more efficient in work. Low division of labor: workers have same knowledge/skills found before industrial revolution low level of efficiency. Herbert spencer applied theories of biological evolution to society with organic analogies. Each individual (cell) in society (organism) has its own task (function) to contribute to his/her specialty (system)
