Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
A-Level Sociology Theory + Methods Revision.
Member rating:
(2 votes)
| Words:
| Submitted: Mon Jun 28 2004
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
Chris Swinton - The University Of Hull A-Level Theory + Methods Revision SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY 1. Sociological Analysis - focus here is on social structures or systems sometimes phrased a MACRO or big worldview. Structuralist: - Positivist methodology aimed at being objective + uncovering causal laws. Based on EMPIRICISM i.e. hard data, which proves the theory true. Reliable - Replicable - Based on influence of external forces. Functionalist Marxist Weber as a conflict? Structuralist - mainly in topic stratification --> Giddens' Structuration Theory 1979 - Post Modernism --> Radical ? of +ism, a diverse range of perspectives should be accepted. 2. Individual In Society - focus on the methods, meanings, beliefs + motives of the person * MICRO approach i.e. the reality of 1 person in the day-to-day situation = critical. Interpretivist - How social actors actively make their own social reality - diff to inanimate objects in natural sciences i.e. "Thinking feeling reflexive beings" Methodology is small...
To see the full version of this document, and 143,564 others
