Understanding Social Change SOC020C130 lecture and seminar notes bundle - Sociology degree

Seminar notes to week 1 of the module Understanding Social Change. This is a Sociology degree module. Topics covered: Introduction to theory, The Enlightenment, Structure/Agency, Jogging in the park - is that structure or agency? Person in a suit queuing for the bus to work - is that structure or ag...

Seminar notes to week 2 of the module Understanding Social Change. This is a Sociology degree module. Topics covered: What happened to bring about capitalism? What was Marx’s understanding about societal change? Why would a false consciousness not necessarily be a bad thing for Marx? If Capitalism...

Seminar notes to week 3 of the module Understanding Social Change. This is a sociology degree module. Topics covered: Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, The Souls of Black Folk, legacy of slavery according to Du Bois, Did Du Bois & Booker T. Washington have similar ideas about the future of black people...

Seminar notes to week 4 of the module Understanding Social Change. This is a sociology degree module. Topics covered: Durkheim, Division of Labour, Why do you think that the division of labour was crucial to society for Durkheim? Quiz questions on Durkheim, Interdependence, the main differences betw...

Seminar notes to week 5 of the module Understanding Social Change. This is a Sociology degree module. Topics covered: Georg Simmel, Quiz questions on Georg Simmel, Web of Association, What are social forms for Simmel? Simmel’s Web of Group Affiliation.

Seminar notes on week 6 of the module Understanding Social Change. This is a Sociology degree module. Topics covered: Max Weber, verstehen, Weber identifies four different forms of social actions (tradition, affective, value-oriented & instrumental).

Seminar notes on week 7 of the module Understanding Social Change. This is a Sociology degree module. Topics covered: Michel Foucault’s Basic Concepts, Intellectual Influences, and Theoretical Orientation, quiz questions on Foucault, What is power? Criticisms, issues & questions raised by reading ...

Seminar notes on week 8 of the module Understanding Social Change. This is a Sociology degree module. Topics covered: the notes focuses on early Feminism, What is Gender? The Goals of Feminist Sociology, Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Seminar notes on week 9 of the module Understanding Social Change. This is a Sociology degree module. This document contains notes on: Anthony Giddens, What is modernity for Giddens? What is the problem with modernity for Giddens? Ontological security, How do we get round this problem of ontological...