the five sociological terms‚ concepts or theories that I feel have impacted my understanding of the social world. These terms‚ concepts and theories include the social construction of reality‚ sociological perspective‚ observational research‚ operational definition and debunking. I will define each concept and then briefly explain how the concept helped me understand the process by which reality is socially constructed. The first concept that impacted my understanding of the social world is the social
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Social Theory II – Durkheim Required reading: PSN‚ pp. 265-278‚ and R. Cotterrell‚ Emile Durkheim: Law in a Moral Domain (1999)‚ Ch 7 (photocopied handout) Q: How far would Durkheim agree and disagree with Marx’s view of law? Q: Does modern law need a set of values to underpin it? Can sociology explain what values modern law must express? What answer to these questions does Durkheim give? Q: If Durkheim ’got legal evolution wrong’ does this destroy the significance of his view of law?
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Terrorism and counterterrorism are reasonably accredited areas to study because of all of the terrorism in the world (Roberts 2014). Terrorism can be examined from many different perspectives. To build on that point terrorism can be studied from a sociological perspective. Turk (2004) argues that sociology is a social construction. When society labels certain events as terrorism the government will begin to apply these labels (Turk 2004). If a powerful government‚ like the United States of America
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birth of a child. Sometimes it is called ’termination of pregnancy’. Some sociologists argue that abortions should be made illegal due to the fact that they rob the fetus a chance at a life filled with pleasurable experiences and other religious sociological factors. On the other hand‚ many sociologists view abortion as a basic woman’s right‚ and if society were to ban abortion they women be robbing women of their natural rights. The discussion of abortion rights has been made highly politicized
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1. List and explain the 6-steps in sociological research (Research Cycle)? (18 points 1. Formulate the question- “must be stated so that it can be answered by systematically collecting and analyzing sociological data. 2. Review existing – review what other sociologists have already discovered. 3. Select Method- keep the strengths and weakness in mind 4. Collect Data—survey people 5. Analyze Data--review all that is known about the subject‚ and think creatively about familiar issues 6. Report Results--publish
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Sociological Jurisprudence and Sociology of Law Roscoe Pound (l87O—1964) was the first jurist to make the social dimensions of law‚ a central concern of Anglo-American jurisprudence. He was by no means the originator of the sociological tradition in law‚ which in fact commenced in Germany and France. Pound’s achievement was to combine thoroughgoing technical study of the law in all its aspects with the insights and methods developed by sociologists of law. He called this branch of study sociological
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Dependency and world systems theory: Define‚ main arguments‚ and critique Dependency Theory developed in the late 1950’s. Economic growth in the advanced industrialized countries did not necessarily lead to grow in the poorer countries. Dependency theory suggest activity in the richer countries often led to serious economic problems in the poorer countries. Poor countries exported primary commodities to the more advanced countries who would manufacture products out of those exports (cotton into
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Sociological imagination is considering all influences on any given situation to get a better understanding. It is relating personal problems or experiences to previous events in history. It is putting together pieces of a puzzle starting with past experiences and relating it to the personal problem of the present. In my opinion‚ sociological imagination is the ability to predict your own future of the future of someone else when taking past experience into account. The most obvious example that
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The movie Snowpiercer contains several interesting sociological concepts. The plot of Snowpiercer follows a 2014 experiment to counteract global warming‚ which inadvertently causes another ice age that kills all life on Earth save for the inhabitants of the “rattling arc.” The “rattling arc” being a train that perpetually travels on a globe-spanning track. On the train a class system is put in place where the elites inhabit the luxurious front compartments of the train and the lower class inhabit
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In criminology there are many different concepts‚ theories‚ and ideas that attempt to explain criminal behavior. All of them seek to define crime in a particular way or attempt to shed light on the reality of the “criminal” and why he or she is living that certain lifestyle. The Labeling Theory seeks to explain why people tend to act criminally after the term “criminal” has been placed on them. They have received that “label” so it is now their “reality”. As a human‚ being labeled a criminal by society
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