Conclusion -> draw together main ideas/arguments An outsider does not fit into society and they will do what they see to be right. Although the legal system is meant to be fair, it is only fair to society. If some one is different society tries to outcast them. More often than not, justice does not reach as far as the outsider. Justice is what is seen to be right and just by society and this means that society is catered for.
they consider crime and deviance, ahead of a certain level to be dysfunctional to society, as it is seen as threat to social order. However, they believe a certain amount of crime and deviance is not only ‘normal’ but also healthy to all societies according to Durkheim. Strain theory, Merton wrote an article entitled Social Structure and Anomie. Merton offered a social rather than a psychological or biological explanation. It was a structuralism theory as it saw the structure of society shaping people's behaviour.
Methods of micro sociology include symbolic interactionism, phenomenology and ethnomethodology. However there is opposing argument as macro sociologists think the opposite as although they concentrate on individuals as well they also look at families and other larger groups in society in which an individual is part of. Weber a social action theorist believes people hold meanings about the world and consciously act on the basis of meaning. He saw behaviour in terms of the meanings people action to actions and classified them into four types. Instrumentally rational action is when a goal is not desirable but an induvidual still works out the best way to reach it.
I view overcoming estrangement as a path towards conformity because overcoming estrangement requires abolishing our freedom and liberty, our free will. Tinder states we can perhaps hope to achieve harmony and understanding, if human beings are not estranged in essence. He also believes that it would not make sense to say that some people are estranged in essence and others are not. The great historical thinker Thomas Hobbes has argued that human beings are estranged in essence. This question presses on us from different sides and has been the reasoning for philosophical thinkers such as, Thomas Hobbes to shed light on this question, throughout this time; this is not only a question it is an issue in our world today as much as years ago.
Nevertheless, one major criticism of these structuralist approaches, i.e. Marxism and Feminism, is that they are grounded theories; these would infer that the theories may be thought of first and then evidence would be selected to back them up. Thus, two famous sociologists Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss argued that this is the wrong order to approach research, as
“Conformity ensures an individual’s relationship with the institution… rebellion inevitably complicates it”. The enigmatic and elusive nature of the institution is designed to suppress individuality and encourage conformity, due to the inherent tension present between the inflexible institution and the individual. The harmonious or orderly functioning of society is dependent upon the cooperation of all the parts that seek to have certain needs and requirements met. This social contract entails the reduction in individual freedom in return for the provision of individual needs, such as security. Through an exploration of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest, Ken Kesey’s authorial intention give the responder an insight into the individual’s
Functionalism has received criticism for neglecting the negative functions of an event, such as divorce. Functionalism does not encourage people to take an active role in changing their social environment, even when such change may benefit them. Instead, functionalism sees active social change as undesirable because the various parts of society will compensate naturally for any problems that may arise. The founder of the functionalist theory is Emile Durkheim. This theory can also be known as the consensus theory; society can also
How can one truly feel as though they are accepted if society depends on their ability to conform, to blend in? One must be the same as another in order to avoid judgement or rejection. Individuals interpret this view to mean, ‘to be different is to be judged.’ In every modern society, there are individuals who have been severely damaged by rejection resulting in consequences often grievous or chaotic to the victim, society and devastatingly, the innocent. Though is it the fault of society alone, who is to blame? The determining factor of a person’s ability to feel as though they are accepted, as though they belong, seems to come from ‘pleasing’ society.
He argued that capital society and social order are all link to a capital system to human beings. Durkheim on the other hand, argued that sociology should be look at social facts as objects. Roles and institutions act like bodily organs, each depending on other. The world should be divided into subjective and objective, regarding society as a reality in itself. Durkheim sees anomie as responsible for the world’s disorder of economics- the lack of morality and regulation resulted in overpowering the weak; thus, he feels that only norms can prevent the abuse of power and calls for regulation and equal opportunity from birth- the greater the equal opportunity the less need for restraint.
Firstly is social interest, such as health and safety and public order, whilst individual interests include privacy and domestic relations. Pound believed where possible the law should create a level playing field of these interests meaning social interests should be weighed against social interests and individual interests against individual interests as a failure to do this will result in a bias in favour of social interest. Karl Marx believed the law was part of the ‘repressive state apparatus’ used to ensure the continuing exploitation of the working class members of society by the upper and ruling classes. For Marx, the law treated as lesser the interests of the lower classes to those of the upper classes and so did not and would not truly