SPACE AND CONTENTIOUS POLITICS Deborah
... space, or spatial practice, encompasses the material spaces of daily life where social production and reproduction occurs. Everyday life in the city, with its shops and factories, neighborhoods and houses, parks and places of worship, walls and fences, etc., exemplifies perceived space. This is a ta ...
... space, or spatial practice, encompasses the material spaces of daily life where social production and reproduction occurs. Everyday life in the city, with its shops and factories, neighborhoods and houses, parks and places of worship, walls and fences, etc., exemplifies perceived space. This is a ta ...
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
... • « setting values aside » does not mean forgetting about them, but constantly analyzing how they may interfere with the production of knowledge and analysis, in order to « unbias » the latter. • What it does not mean: • « one cannot have beliefs and do proper social science » • « a sociologist shou ...
... • « setting values aside » does not mean forgetting about them, but constantly analyzing how they may interfere with the production of knowledge and analysis, in order to « unbias » the latter. • What it does not mean: • « one cannot have beliefs and do proper social science » • « a sociologist shou ...
OAD313 Computer Applications in Business II: Introduction
... Example: High School Dropouts Until the end of the 1950’s, this was not a social problem There were ample, well-paid employment opportunities for the less educated • Usually these opportunities required strenuous labor and/or boring repetitive motions ...
... Example: High School Dropouts Until the end of the 1950’s, this was not a social problem There were ample, well-paid employment opportunities for the less educated • Usually these opportunities required strenuous labor and/or boring repetitive motions ...
Program for a Sociology of Sport - American Kinesiology Association
... Now here is a very general principle of method. Rather than being content with knowing in depth a small sector of reality of which one ignores, for want of asking it, how it is situated in the space from which it was abstracted and what its functioning might owe to this position, one must proceed in ...
... Now here is a very general principle of method. Rather than being content with knowing in depth a small sector of reality of which one ignores, for want of asking it, how it is situated in the space from which it was abstracted and what its functioning might owe to this position, one must proceed in ...
Trust and reciprocity: A theoretical distinction of the sources of social
... is implicitly the individual, and the object of analysis is defined at a very high degree of generality – any kind of individual resources based on membership in a network. Coleman, in contrast, defines social capital by its function: any aspect of the social structure that the actor can use as a re ...
... is implicitly the individual, and the object of analysis is defined at a very high degree of generality – any kind of individual resources based on membership in a network. Coleman, in contrast, defines social capital by its function: any aspect of the social structure that the actor can use as a re ...
Power Point: Prejudice
... Prejudice was inherently irrational because no group’s members could possibly share all traits. People were prejudiced toward an entire group based merely on the cultural stereotypes of that group, rather than on any experiences of the prejudiced individual. Prejudice, according to this view, was, i ...
... Prejudice was inherently irrational because no group’s members could possibly share all traits. People were prejudiced toward an entire group based merely on the cultural stereotypes of that group, rather than on any experiences of the prejudiced individual. Prejudice, according to this view, was, i ...
Sociology, Basis for the Secondary-School Subject of Social Sciences
... 1.4 The 1990s: the content of the subject is established, limited role for sociology In the Dutch secondary school curriculum of the nineties, two social studies subjects appeared: one was a compulsory subject for all students and the other was an (elective) examination subject. For the latter, the ...
... 1.4 The 1990s: the content of the subject is established, limited role for sociology In the Dutch secondary school curriculum of the nineties, two social studies subjects appeared: one was a compulsory subject for all students and the other was an (elective) examination subject. For the latter, the ...
Sociology in French High Schools: The Challenge of Teaching
... take a special competitive examination that was used to select teachers for the new courses. To help these new teachers, Guy Palmade, who was chief inspector of schools, organized a sort of workshop every September from 1967 to 1980, at which participants shared their experiences of teaching the cou ...
... take a special competitive examination that was used to select teachers for the new courses. To help these new teachers, Guy Palmade, who was chief inspector of schools, organized a sort of workshop every September from 1967 to 1980, at which participants shared their experiences of teaching the cou ...
Chapter 1 - Anderson School District One
... in isolation. Historically, for example, American society has shown a strong bias against childless and one-child marriages. Couples without children have been considered selfish, and an only child has often been labeled “spoiled” (Benokraitis, 2004). These values date back to a time when large famil ...
... in isolation. Historically, for example, American society has shown a strong bias against childless and one-child marriages. Couples without children have been considered selfish, and an only child has often been labeled “spoiled” (Benokraitis, 2004). These values date back to a time when large famil ...
15 Behavioral Studies - Michigan Test for Teacher Certification
... People can act in a discriminatory manner without being prejudiced. ...
... People can act in a discriminatory manner without being prejudiced. ...
Invitation to Political Economy: Berger and the Comedic Drama of
... Peter L. Berger is one of the most influential social scientists of the 20th century. A citation study of his work published in 1986 that studied the decade between the early 1970s to early 1980s demonstrated that his citation count during this time (1,052) put him in the company of other thinkers s ...
... Peter L. Berger is one of the most influential social scientists of the 20th century. A citation study of his work published in 1986 that studied the decade between the early 1970s to early 1980s demonstrated that his citation count during this time (1,052) put him in the company of other thinkers s ...
Approaches to Defining Deviance
... Defining characteristic of crime is punishment that follows a criminal act. The defining element is the social reaction to the act, especially the intensity of reaction. So crime (or deviance) is defined not by the properties of the behavior per se, but by the social response to the behavior. A soci ...
... Defining characteristic of crime is punishment that follows a criminal act. The defining element is the social reaction to the act, especially the intensity of reaction. So crime (or deviance) is defined not by the properties of the behavior per se, but by the social response to the behavior. A soci ...
social-stratification
... Responsibilities, resources and rights are assigned to status not to particular individuals. For only by doing so societies can establish general and uniform rules or norms that will apply to many and diverse individuals who are to occupy the same status e.g. all the different women who will play th ...
... Responsibilities, resources and rights are assigned to status not to particular individuals. For only by doing so societies can establish general and uniform rules or norms that will apply to many and diverse individuals who are to occupy the same status e.g. all the different women who will play th ...
Teaching Sociology: A Biblical-Christian Approach
... of"control" is limiting or liberating. For example, how do the laws of God as defined in Scripture (Exodus 20) and the laws of humankind provide freedom within their restrictions? Or is that possible? A violation of man's laws may involve punishment, fines, imprisonment, loss of credibility, and so ...
... of"control" is limiting or liberating. For example, how do the laws of God as defined in Scripture (Exodus 20) and the laws of humankind provide freedom within their restrictions? Or is that possible? A violation of man's laws may involve punishment, fines, imprisonment, loss of credibility, and so ...
Social group
A social group within social sciences has been defined as two or more people who interact with one another, share similar characteristics, and collectively have a sense of unity. Other theorists disagree however, and are wary of definitions which stress the importance of interdependence or objective similarity. Instead, researchers within the social identity tradition generally define it as ""a group is defined in terms of those who identify themselves as members of the group"". Regardless, social groups come in a myriad of sizes and varieties. For example, a society can be viewed as a large social group.