3 Questions
What is the basic unit of society and analysis?
The group.
What is the basis of social structure?
Exploitation.
What is the role of bureaucracy according to the text?
Bureaucracy serves the needs of the bourgeoisie and is exploitative.
Study Notes
- The group is the basic unit of society and analysis.
- Social structure is based on exploitation.
- There is no consensus, only conflict over wealth, power, and status.
- Bureaucracy serves the needs of the bourgeoisie and is exploitative.
- Bureaucracy is the rationalized form of human interaction in large-scale organizations.
- Deviance is defined by those in power.
- Deviance is situational and relative to time, place, situation, and culture.
- Certain groups are treated as deviant to maintain power.
- Deviance exists in all societies.
- Societies create institutionalized methods of preventing and punishing deviance.
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