Sociological Theory

PART 1

1. How did Jane Addams and her colleagues at Hull House analyze the social disorganization of early twentieth-century Chicago? How were their methods and theories different from prevailing approaches to the origins of violence and squalor?

2. Provide a Functionalist analysis of Sports showing knowledge of Parson's functionalism, AGIL system, and Merton's Manifest and Latent functions.

3. Provide a Conflict Theory analysis of the role of the police in our society showing knowledge of C.W. Mills' understanding of power.

4. Choose one social institution in society and identify how Neo-Marxist social theorists would analyze how it is affected by the context of a capitalist economic base.

5. According to Critical Theory, how does the culture industry promote and legitimate capitalist values in contemporary popular culture? What effect does this have on our society?

PART II

1. Using the movies from Moodle that we have seen so far (Gangs of NY, Pleasantville, Walkout, Harlan County War, Network), summarize the historical period shown in each film and discuss how that particular social context is connected to the sociological theory that arose during that time.

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PART 1

1. How did Jane Addams and her colleagues at Hull House analyze the social disorganization of early twentieth-century Chicago? How were their methods and theories different from prevailing approaches to the origins of violence and squalor?

2. Provide a Functionalist analysis of Sports showing knowledge of Parson's functionalism, AGIL system, and Merton's Manifest and Latent functions.

3. Provide a Conflict Theory analysis of the role of the police in our society showing knowledge of C.W. Mills' understanding of power.

4. Choose one social institution in society and identify how