SOCIOL 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nuclear Family
4 Dec 2017
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Myths or misconception of family: family is in decline (abandonment of todays elderly, high divorce rates family dysfunction. Education government, family, work force, religion, community, media: meso, micro, top down influence reinforce, bottom up influence how individuals are expressing their views /forming. Individuals, inter personal relationships unions in community/social movements: social stability status quo. September 11th 2017: multi faceted (multiple life domains, life domains not just relationships for ex. Intersectionanity class and gender, age and ethnicity, gender and ethnicity. Individual agency in context (making choices) micro macro and meso levels: our choices are affected by structure social relations, meso level family, community, government its how you interconnect, ex. Trajectories (e. g. , long-term pattern of stability and change: 2. Transitions (short-term change in one"s status: 3. Time: chronological, social & historical: social time certain things are expected of us at socially expected time. Impact life transitions on individuals varies by: timing (when does a specific event occur in ones life)
