Lecture Notes for Feb 3, 2009

Sociology 240 with Brehm at Illinois State University

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By: Gregory Kasper
Textbook:

An Invitation to Environmental Sociology
Created: 2009-02-03
Size: 14 flashcards
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Community Power/Conflict Approach
(4 answers)

Foundation in marx, Hunter, Mills, Gans
Movement towards gesell
Emphasis on who was powerfull, power gaps, influence in decision-making
No single power structure of a community

Human Ecology Approach
(3 answers)

Focus on spatical patterns of urban environment and how they influence social interactions
Use ecological concepts to explain structur or dynamics of american sities
Focus on collective adaptation, system of interdependence, "web of life"

Strength of Weak Ties and Facebook
(3 answers)

Strength of weak ties
Social networks on Facebook
Newsfeed features on facebook - equalizes strong and weak ties

Social System Approach
(2 answers)

based on idea of structured, socially significant set of relations between two or more units
Similar to network or "community luberated" approach (Wellman)

Use ecological concepts to explain structur or dynamics of american sities
(4 answers)

Competition
Symbiosis
Evolution
Dominance

Causes of Gesell
(4 answers)

Capitalism
Population characteristics
Industrialization
But...research shows that tpyes of communities are based on much more then these three causes

Social System and Community
(4 answers)

Social system - network of interaction
Linkage both
Most members of many networks/social systems
Diversity of community becomes strength

Coleman's model - cources of conflict
(3 answers)

Economic issues
Political disputes
Value conflicts

Community Conflict
(3 answers)

Result of power struggles
Coleman's model - cources of conflict
Gamson's "rancorous" conflict associated with

Weber
(1 answer)

Transformation of communities due to increasing rationalism - thinking with head

Other Typologies
(2 answers)

Weber
Durkheim

Durkheim
(3 answers)

Mechanical vs. Organic solidarity
Mechanical based on everyone being alike
Organic based on mutual interdependence

Gamson's "rancorous" conflict associated with
(2 answers)

Political instability
Lower degrees of acquaintanceship/lack of community integration

Social networks on Facebook
(1 answer)

Unlike in face-to-face relationships, facebook does not differentiate between strong and weak ties

About this deck

By: Gregory Kasper
Textbook:

An Invitation to Environmental Sociology
Created: 2009-02-03
Size: 14 flashcards
Views: 20

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