Sociology Study Guide - Chapters 1 - 4 Chapter 1 1. What is the sociological perspective? The Sociological perspective is the view that our social backgrounds influence our attitudes‚ behavior‚ and life chances. 2. What is a generalization? A generalization is a general statement regarding a trend between various dimensions of our lives - Gender & suicide rate‚ race & voting choice‚ etc. 3. How important of a role does our personal experience play in understanding social reality?
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Is consumer culture destroying cultural difference around the World? In recent global affairs it appears there’s no question that any sombre theory in contemporary society cannot ignore the importance of consumption. The World Wide Web is an emblematic example of how the global society has accessed the modern world (Ritzer‚ 2001). Globalisation had been described as the “worldwide diffusion of practices‚ expansion of relations across continents‚ organisation of social life on a global scale
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The Worldly Philosophers is a book written by Robert Heilbroner. It introduces the thoughts of several known economists. Heilbroner puts economic problems in social and political backgrounds and makes reasonable analysis. In Chapter Three‚ The Wonderful World of Adam Smith‚ Heilbroner mainly talks about Adam Smith and his masterpiece Wealth of Nations. Adam Smith is a genius young professor in Oxford University and then in Glasgow University‚ one of the greatest philosophers and economists of all
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ASSESSMENT 2: CASE STUDY ON INDUSTRIALISATION AND CONSUMPTION Introduction Modernity is a transition between how society lived years ago opposed to how society lives now. This case study will focus on the impact of industrialisation and consumption and how it has shaped the modern world of a close friend along with society today. The academic sources that were used contained useful information along with an interview I conducted‚ to help prove and analyse how the impact has changed and
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MANAGING FASHION & LUXURY COMPANIES Week 1 W1 - Content Fashion & Luxury 1. What is Fashion? 2. New Trends 3. Dream Factor and Media System 4. What is Luxury? 5. Luxury as a Product 6. Luxury as Know How‚ Industry and Business 7. Luxury as a Culture 8. Luxury as a Customer 9. What Luxury is not 10. Fashion and Luxury for Millennials 2 W1 - Content Fashion 1. What is Fashion? 2. New Trends
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Theories in sociology provide us with different perspectives with which to view our social world. A perspective is simply a way of looking at the world. A theory is a set of interrelated propositions or principles designed to answer a question or explain a particular phenomenon; it provides us with a perspective. Sociological theories help us to explain and predict the social world in which we live. Sociology includes three major theoretical perspectives: the structural-functionalist perspective
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Abstract: Given that the Internet is an engineered system like any other‚ why should we distinguish "Internet research" from any other study of technology? One answer is that computers are distinctive in their direct and systematic relationship to language. Another is that the Internet‚ through its layered architecture‚ is highly appropriable. Even so‚ the Internet does not cause a revolution or define a wholly separate "cyber" sphere. Instead‚ due to its distinctive qualities‚ it participates in
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progressive movement was effort by reformers to use gov’t as an agency of humanitarian welfare The political roots of progressive movement lay in – Greenback Labor Party & Populists Late 19th century social critics & their criticisms: Thorstein Veblen – “conspicuous consumption” & “predatory wealth” new rich class 1899 The Theory of the Leisure Class p.665 (12th ed.) Jack London – destruction of nature – 1903 The Call of the Wild‚ etc… p.677 (12th ed.) Jacob Riis – slum conditions in cities
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ACTIVISM: Activism is regarded an act directed to cause or bring about changes in politics‚ social‚ economic or environmental changes. Activism can be of opposing or in support of an argument which has controversy. Mostly activism is used in politics more often than in the other three mentioned areas. There are various ways of engaging in activism. Mostly activism is associated with protests and confrontations. Actually activism can take other various forms depending on the activists. Strikes‚ matching
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Production Law as a mystifying Force Appearance -Equitable -Due process -Protects society -Justice for all Essence -Protects/maintains class relations -Preserves wealth -Justice for the rich‚ jail for the poor Who Marx Influenced -Simmel -Bonger -Vold -Turk -Chambliss -Quinn Types of Social Conflict Theory -Radical Crim -Critcal Crim -Feminist Crim -Peacemaking Crim Resorative Justice -Left-Realist Crim A) The Social Conflict Perspective. A. Social conflict theories
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