informal or formal Restrictive definition of a group Clearly distinguishes members from non-members. Distinct ideas of whats important, how and why.(“Social construction of reality”) Particular sanctions promote conformity(controls,customs,rules,laws) Cohesiveness, bonding, solidarity. (hang together, different from others.) Members know eachother --- shared outlook (at least know-of other group members.) Meet occasionally or atleast, “meet-able” Strong sense of membership or belonging (support;…
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Manufacturing - 18.0 Distribution, hotels etc + 4.1 Finance and business services Public admin, education and health + 10.9 + 5.8 Types of immigration economic immigrants family re-union asylum seekers illegal immigrants Case for Case against growth/productivity growth minimal higher taxation usurping UK jobs skills gap pressure on public services/housing pensions gap ‘humanitarian’ affects on society/ quality of life House…
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Somewhere, in secret, a 15-year-old guy is dipping a safety pin in black ink and pricking little holes in his ankle in the shape of a question mark. This self-made tattoo is his statement about how he questions the world around him. If he’s careful or lucky –and afterward he swabs the wound daily with antiseptic cream – he might sidestep a pus-filled infection. Then again, maybe he won’t be lucky and he’ll end up with a nasty, question-mark-shaped scare for the rest of his days. Tattoos and piercings…
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everyday life throughout the country. In the New England colonies, church often lasted all day. New England towns built church centers where sermons were preached weekly, if not daily. During this time period it was the people’s job to attend theses services in order to be accepted into society. Depending on where a person lived in America at the time, religious practices would be practiced and interpreted differently. While the New England colonies had a stricter more “conform or be ostracized” approach…
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norms ‘effectively discipline individuals above all through their moral authority, relatively independent of any instrumentally significant consequences of conformity with them’ (Parsons 1951, p. 37). The other is that there is a tendency for individuals to ‘develop and maintain attachment to the same integrated system of norms and to find solidarity in the pursuit of shared goals’ (Parsons 1934: 295, Peacock 1976: 265). The Functionalist, therefore, would suggest that social work is very much concerned…
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Theories of Social Stratification The structural-functional approach points to ways social stratification helps society operate. • The Davis-Moore thesis states that social stratification is universal because of its functional consequences. • In caste systems, people are rewarded for performing the duties of their position at birth. • In class systems, unequal rewards attract the ablest people to the most important jobs and encourage effort. The social-conflict approach claims that stratification…
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South Africa as we know it today. If you were to speculate about future trends, how important would you say race would be as a factor in South Africa in the future, especially when compared with class? Do you think there is a chance that greater solidarity could develop along class lines in the future? Give reasons for your answer. 1.2 Could they have become members of the upper class in the 20th century if it had not been for the colonial policy of segregation and the…
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Q. How flexible were Protestant educators in their efforts to educate the English people in the Protestant religion in this period? The Protestantisation of the English nation and English identity in the early modern period did not happen with the flick of a switch, if indeed, it really happened at all. In order to extrapolate the success and meaning of the indoctrination of Protestantism in this period, a dissection of the essay question into its key signifiers is necessary. The three emboldened…
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Sociology 103 Summer 2011 Term Test 1 Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Indicate your answer by blacking in the relevant box on the SCANTRON sheet. Be sure to print your name and student number clearly on the answer sheet. 1. Most people agree that sociology first emerged: (pg1) a. approximately 70 years ago, following the end of World War II b. in the early 19th century when Max Weber invented the term sociologie about 200 years ago…
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The Demonic Perspective Trephining Individual who were having illusions or were delusional had a hole drilled in their skull in order to get rid of the spirits. If that person was still alive, the procedure was successful Witchcraft Correlated with ‘The Crucible’ where Tituba, Sarah Good & Sarah Osborne are accused of witchcraft in Salem, 1692 What to do with the witches?! Exodus 22:18- Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live Leviticus 20:27- A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit…
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