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This 6 page paper reviews the sociological perspective. An emphasis is placed on the importance of society, culture, and values although the latter are frequently contradicted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. A Sociological Consideration of Culture
and Values Research Compiled by 6/2011 Please
As a discipline, sociology attempts to explain human interrelationships and the factors
that affect those interrelationships. Under the sociological perspective an individual plays a specific role in the world yet that role is determined in many ways by both internal and
external factors. To truly understand either the individual or their role in the world we must consider these factors. To illustrate the
contention presented above, consider the concept of power distance as one example. This concept dictates that all components of society are not equal either in terms of status or
social power. Factors such as "wealth, age, gender, education, physical strength, birth order, personal achievements, family background, occupation" and others interlace the concept of power distance (Lusting and Koester
37). Bridger and Alter (405) approach sociology as "part and parcel" of the society which it studies. In his classic work
"The Sociological Imagination", mid twentieth century sociologist C. Wright Mills argued that sociologists habitually promoted certain explanations of society and, in fact, actually promoted a flawed picture of society (Bridger
and Alter 405). Mills contended this failure occurred because sociologists did not take into consideration the power of societal ideologies and normative underpinnings (Bridger and Alter 405). He
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