SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Talcott Parsons, Auguste Comte, Scientific Revolution
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Chapter 1 social relations powerfully influence suicide rates sociology > improve social world suicide > individual v. s society and patterns of social relations suicide rates varied as a result of differences in the degree of social solidarity. Durkheim: high solidarity groups have lower suicide rates than low solidarity groups: more beliefs and values a group"s members share > the more they interact > more social solidarity. Women less likely > women are more involved in the intimate social relations of family life. Jews are less likely than christians > persecution turned them into a group that"s defensive and tightly knit. Level of social solidarity is now lower than a few decades ago (esp for young ppl) young ppl in canada more likely to commit suicide than decades ago. Social structures = relatively stable patterns of social relations. 3 levels of social structure: 1. Microstructures face-to-face interactions (families, friendship circles, and work)
