SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Working Poor, Deskilling, Harold Garfinkel
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Sociology : systematic study of human action in context. As it appears in particular historical cultural, economic and social contexts. Agency is me engaging, small or big decisions. We as individuals are agents of our own lives. Structure is the external influences of what lies outside of us. These are things that come to create conditions. You make a decision that you want iced tea (agency), you get to the vending machine and there is no iced tea. Or b) you choose a different machine. The external influences change our decision (structure) These two disciplines correlate to explain why people do what they do. Opportunities and constraint are not evenly distributed. Philosophical foundations: underlying sociology is philosophy and its concept of _ Epistemology: how do we know what we know. Early and social philosopher contributed to classical sociology theory through these fundamental tenets. Scientific revolution (16th cent): encouraged the use of evidence substantiate.
