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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
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Strayer University
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Think of three material items that you feel you can't live without (other than shelter, water, food etc.).
How might each of the 3-major perspective analyze your "need" for these items?What connection could they (the theorists) make to USA culture based on your items?
Table 1.2 Sociological Theories or Perspectives Different sociological perspectives enable sociologists to view social issues through a variety of useful lenses.
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Sociological Paradigm |
Level of Analysis |
Focus |
|
Structural Functionalism |
Macro or mid |
How each part of society functions together to contribute to the whole |
|
Conflict Theory |
Macro |
How inequalities contribute to social differences and perpetuate differences in power |
|
Symbolic Interactionism |
Micro |
One-to-one interactions and communications |
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