SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Nuclear Family, Health System, Management Consulting
10 Aug 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Chapter #1: a sociological compass page #2-33: Sociology can be a liberating and practical activity, not just an abstract intellectual exercise. By revealing the opportunities and constraints you face, sociology can help teach you who you are and what you can become in today"s social and historical context. We cannot know what the future will bring, but we can at least know the choices we confront and the likely consequences of our actions. From this point of view, sociology can help us create the best possible future, Families, friendship circles, and work associations are all examples of microstructures: macrostructures are overarching patterns of social relations that lie outside and above your circle of intimates and acquaintances. Macrostructures include classes, bureaucracies, and power systems, such as patriarchy: patriarchy the traditional system of economic and political inequality between women and men. Week #1 january 6-8th, 2015: global structures are patterns of social relations that lie outside and above the national level.
