SOCIOL 2CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ideal Type, Methamphetamine, Long Path
4 Feb 2020
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Week 5 central topic in sociology of deviance: 4 themes predominate in research: (i) individuals entry into a deviant carrer, begins with associating with known deviants (who you are hanging out with, becoming labeled deviant by others. Deviant careers are structurally/organizationally similar to legitimate occupational careers. Can modify existing models of legit occupational career, apply it to study of deviant careers. Movements inds make from 1 position to another w/in an occupational organization. How inds enter, manage exps, quit, get fired, retire from including how movements linked to changes ind"s self-id: becker & strauss (1956) Study of respectable careers & inds" mobility w/in them. Used a metaphor of multistoried building to typify: each floor = career position inds ride escalators from one floor to next. Illustrates up and downward mobility within an organization. # of definitive features assoc"d with legit careers:
