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Sociology - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Theories made: 1) How are people linked to society ?
        
        Structural and Social action view
  - - - 1) Consensus theory : intergrated social system (share norms)
        
        example Functionalism : positive effect of social institutions, stable society, harmonious intergrated system
      - 2) Conflict theory : perpetual conflict between social groups is common (ex: class differences)
        
        example Marxism : struggle between social classes
  - - - Theory / verified when new observation still confirm to be true / Find causal relationship then we can make predictions
    - - Comte : natural science / detached / focus on social facts / Durkheim : social facts = collective conscience (ex: suicide)
        
        Critiques of Positivists: Kuhn (developed after a crisis) / Popper (Falsification method) / Postmodern ( positivism is form of domination)
    - - Verstehen method by Max Weber
      - Case study: suicide by Douglas and Atkinson
- - - - Social capital : durable network
      - Symbolic capital : "capital gains value at the cross section of classes"
      - Link with different forms of capital: On can be used to get another one / each class has different amounts / class identity -> habitus