SOCL 2001 Chapter : Chapters 1 - 4
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What is the sociological perspective: the way to recognize patterns in social events and view personal experiences in the light of these patterns. Sociological perspectives on: katrina/earthquake (race, gender, fear of crime, social network, effect on poverty, social order, and comparative perspectives) Sociology: the scientific study of social relationships, social institutions, and society. Sociology and common sense (marriage and divorce, capital punishment and murder rates, race and suicide, etc. ) Economics (money/other resources, market , exchange), anthropology (family, comparative, functionalism/exchange), political science (social order, conflict), psychology (social psychology, symbolic interactionism), social work (basic vs. applied sciences) Sociology in north america: chicago school: g. h. Cooley (symbolic interactionism) and robert park (urban sociology) later to east coast (chicago, wisconsin, albany have developed the. European style: four fundamentals sociological (grand) theories (functionalism, conflict theory, Lsu football: functional alternatives, p. 37, conflict theory: competition for scarce resources, karl marx, conflict, power, limited resources, legitimate power & authority (legal, traditional, and charismatic authority by.
