Sociology - University of Victoria
... impact of inequalities on the health status of population groups, the consequences of surveillance and policing on human conduct and the causes and effects of social movements • Understands the contribution of ideology in cultural and political movements such as Marxism, feminism, and post-modernis ...
... impact of inequalities on the health status of population groups, the consequences of surveillance and policing on human conduct and the causes and effects of social movements • Understands the contribution of ideology in cultural and political movements such as Marxism, feminism, and post-modernis ...
Sociological Theories
... century social thought. The course is also recommended for students in American Studies as it treats, among other topics, Alexis de Tocqueville on democracy, Max Weber on Protestantism, Thorstein Veblen on the consumption of the America’s leisure classes. The materials treated in this course are ide ...
... century social thought. The course is also recommended for students in American Studies as it treats, among other topics, Alexis de Tocqueville on democracy, Max Weber on Protestantism, Thorstein Veblen on the consumption of the America’s leisure classes. The materials treated in this course are ide ...
An example of a book review
... students of any major, whether sociology-related or not. Moreover, the textbook can also be a great educational resource for anybody interested in how the mechanisms of social functioning, and the growing diversity of practically every social unit, influence our lifestyle and way of thinking. Person ...
... students of any major, whether sociology-related or not. Moreover, the textbook can also be a great educational resource for anybody interested in how the mechanisms of social functioning, and the growing diversity of practically every social unit, influence our lifestyle and way of thinking. Person ...
Re-imagining Social Movements Renkin Syllabus Fall 2016-17
... During the course of the term, each of you will write two (2), 2-3 page Critical Comments, each for a class of your choice. The Comment may focus on a single reading, or compare more than one reading from that day’s assigned materials. These Comments are meant to stimulate your/our thinking and ques ...
... During the course of the term, each of you will write two (2), 2-3 page Critical Comments, each for a class of your choice. The Comment may focus on a single reading, or compare more than one reading from that day’s assigned materials. These Comments are meant to stimulate your/our thinking and ques ...
Sociology
... in their consequences.” • Negotiated order: A shared meaning for the situation agreed upon by all participants • Social construction of reality: We as individuals do not directly experience reality but are influenced in our perception of it by social interaction and meanings other people attribute t ...
... in their consequences.” • Negotiated order: A shared meaning for the situation agreed upon by all participants • Social construction of reality: We as individuals do not directly experience reality but are influenced in our perception of it by social interaction and meanings other people attribute t ...
Deviance and Social Control
... reinforce society’s standards of proper behavior Death penalty also creates some dysfunctions ...
... reinforce society’s standards of proper behavior Death penalty also creates some dysfunctions ...
Topics in the Philosophy of Social Science
... Thesis: the core theory of explanation of social phenomena is causal explanation Thesis: causal realism is the best interpretation of causal explanation The explanatory task for social sciences: identify causal mechanisms and pathways through which one set of social factors leads to another set ...
... Thesis: the core theory of explanation of social phenomena is causal explanation Thesis: causal realism is the best interpretation of causal explanation The explanatory task for social sciences: identify causal mechanisms and pathways through which one set of social factors leads to another set ...
Re-imagining Social Movements
... for a class of your choice. The Comment may focus on a single reading, or compare more than one reading from that day’s assigned materials. These Comments are meant to stimulate your/our thinking and questioning of specific issues, and to enable all of us to address the topic more effectively; they ...
... for a class of your choice. The Comment may focus on a single reading, or compare more than one reading from that day’s assigned materials. These Comments are meant to stimulate your/our thinking and questioning of specific issues, and to enable all of us to address the topic more effectively; they ...
Science in the 19TH Century
... No fixed point can be used to measure motion as motion can only be compared by comparing the motion of one object to the motion of another ...
... No fixed point can be used to measure motion as motion can only be compared by comparing the motion of one object to the motion of another ...
Sociology 101 Chapter 1 Lectures
... Yet, if this were true, we would expect to see fluctuations, not stable patterns Yet 3 patterns emerged ...
... Yet, if this were true, we would expect to see fluctuations, not stable patterns Yet 3 patterns emerged ...
www.ssoar.info A new paradigm for the sociology of knowledge
... their language is expressed differently in the English original. But, all things considered, "social construction" obviously has different meanings. For one, the term "mnsauction" has a static as well as a dynamic aspect. In its static aspect it denotes a reality-as-it-is (appears), in its dynamic a ...
... their language is expressed differently in the English original. But, all things considered, "social construction" obviously has different meanings. For one, the term "mnsauction" has a static as well as a dynamic aspect. In its static aspect it denotes a reality-as-it-is (appears), in its dynamic a ...
a list of the readings
... Miner, Horace. 1956. “Body Ritual among the Nacirema.” American Anthropologist 58(3):503507. Rosenhan, David. 1973. “On Being Sane in Insane Places.” Science 179(4070):250-258. OR students may listen to a 29-minute BBC radio story, “The Pseudo-Patient Study,” available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/pr ...
... Miner, Horace. 1956. “Body Ritual among the Nacirema.” American Anthropologist 58(3):503507. Rosenhan, David. 1973. “On Being Sane in Insane Places.” Science 179(4070):250-258. OR students may listen to a 29-minute BBC radio story, “The Pseudo-Patient Study,” available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/pr ...