SOC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Verstehen, Antonio Gramsci, Class Conflict

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

Document Summary

Suicide: the outcome of breakdowns in individual functioning which are influenced by social relations. Social solidarity: the degree to which group members share beliefs and values and the intensity and frequency of other interactions. More interactions in a group = more social solidarity in a group = the more connected individuals feel in the world. Emile durkheim concluded suicide rates varied because of different degrees of social solidarities in various categories in the population. Social structures: stable patterns of social relations (microstructures, macrostructures, global. Microstructures: the patterns of intimate social relations formed during face-to-face interaction. Macrostructure: the overarching patterns of social relations that lie outside and above a person"s circle of intimate and acquaintances. Class relations and patriarchy (the traditional system of economic and political gender inequality) Global structures: the patterns of social relations that lie outside and above national level. International organizations, patterns of worldwide travel and communication, and the economic relations between countries.