Soc 100

The process of undoing the effects of colonialism, which include gaining independence , reclaiming cultural identities, challenging colonial power, working towards a more just and equitable society

The undesirable consequences of any elements of a society

The idea that people, identities and concepts are defined by fixed unchanging characteristics and that there is a single essence or core set of traits that make someone or something what it is.

Sociological approach that focuses on the significance of gender in understanding inequalities that exist between men and women in the household in the paid labor force, politics, law, culture.

Sociological approach that believes society is made up of a group of interrelated parts all working together to achieve stability.

Really emphasizes society as a stable, orderly system.

A relationship in which the lives of all people are closely intertwined and any one nation's problem are part of a larger global problem.

The process of people and nations becoming increasingly intertwined economically, culturally and politically.

The process by which societies are transformed from dependence of agriculture and handmade products to an emphasis on manufacturing and related industries.

Unintended functions that are hidden and remain unacknowledged by participants

Sociological theory and research that focus on whole societies, large-scale social structures and social systems.

Open, stated and intended goals or consequences of activities within an organization or institution.

Term for tools, land, factories and money for investment that form the economic basis of a society.

Sociological theory and research that focus on small groups rather than large social structure.

The process in which the past history of current knowledge (knowledge that has become taken-for-granted understanding) has been erased or forgotten

An overall approach to or viewpoint on a subject

A belief that the world can best be understand through scientific inquiry.

A critical academic study that examines the cultural, political, and economic impacts of colonialism, focusing on the exploitation and control of coloured people and lands by imperial powers.

Sociological approach that rejects essentials and universalism by challenging the idea of fixed structures and meanings.

Karl Marx's term for those who must sell their labour because they have no other means to livelihood

The process by which social interaction and institutions are increasingly governed by methodical procedures and calculable rules.

The recognition that the social, historical, political and cultural conditions from which sociology first emerged and in which it currently exists influence its theories and methods.

The process by which secular institutions came to take over creating functions formerly performed by religious institutions (e.g education, health)

Herbert Spencer's belief that those species of animals, including human beings best adapted to their environment survive and prosper and those poorly adapted die out

Emile Durkhiem's terms for patterned ways of acting, thinking, and feeling that exist outside the individual and exert a coercive, controlling influence over them.  e.g Law, Legal Systems, Marriage norms

A situation whereby most members share a common set of values, beliefs and behavioural expectations

C.S Wright Mills term for the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society.

The systematic study of human society and social interacts in context.

The process of us becoming particular types of subjects, particular types of selves, as a result of our experiences and contacts with other people, groups, institutions and the state.

Anything that meaningfully represents something else.

Sociology approach that views society as a sum of interactions of individuals and groups

A set of logically interrelated statements that attempts to describe, explain, and occasionally predict social events.

The idea that certain principles, values, or rights apply to everyone everywhere, regardless of culture, background or individual differences.

The process by which an increasing proportion of a population lives in cities rather than in rural areas.