SOC 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Feminist Theory, Social Constructionism, Anomie

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2106
• Professor: Jean-Francois Chapman

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A social problem is a social condition or pattern of behaviour that is believed to warrant public concern and collective action. 2 main ideas that came with the enlightenment is reason/rationality and progress. Objective elements are measurable features of negative social condition e. g. crime, poverty, alcohol abuse. Systematic measurements show that the condition exists and it harms people. Causes a(cid:374)d effe(cid:272)ts (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e studied (cid:449)ithout (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g a (cid:373)oral judge(cid:373)e(cid:374)t o(cid:374) (cid:449)hether it is (cid:858)serious(cid:859) or (cid:858)tri(cid:448)ial(cid:859) Can study changes in social life that cause the numbers or rates. Can make and test theories and their changing occurrence. Positivism: a systematic attempt (i. e. scientific approach) to find and test natural laws through measurements of the reality. Subjective elements are personal evaluations of objective conditions and the processes that influence their evaluations. This includes the moral la(cid:271)els (e. g. (cid:858)(cid:449)ro(cid:374)g(cid:859), (cid:858)i(cid:373)(cid:373)oral(cid:859), (cid:858)si(cid:272)k(cid:859) et(cid:272). ) that people apply to particular acts or situations. It also includes the accounts people give for these acts and situations.