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1 Intro to Intro 2: Macrosociology
ppt_intro_to_intro_2 (sp'13) 1/11/2013 Intro to Intro 2: Macrosociology Some slides are the same as the last slides of intro_to_intro_1 SOCY1000 Sociology Global Perspective. Prof. Backman. Macrosociology examples & Sociological imagination

2 Examples of Macrosociology (1)
Introduction to Sociology and SOCY1000 ppt_intro_to_intro_2 (sp'13) 1/11/2013 Examples of Macrosociology (1) Macrosociology is concerned with societies and parts of societies Important question: How do societies change? One way is through technological change Consider the introduction of the automobile Q: What changed with the introduction of the automobile? SOCY1000 Sociology Global Perspective. Prof. Backman. Macrosociology examples & Sociological imagination SOCY1000 Sociology Global Perspective. Prof. Backman 2

3 Examples of Macrosociology (2) The Automobile
ppt_intro_to_intro_2 (sp'13) Introduction to Sociology and SOCY1000 1/11/2013 Examples of Macrosociology (2) The Automobile For starters: Most people today afraid to be on a horse Not many songs about blue-tail flies Not so many flies Geography of supermarket products On average travel about 1000 miles Harms local producers Road construction now big business Good for immigrants Flies like to use horse manure in their life cycle Construction industries use a lot of immigrants The name Shelby??? SOCY1000 Sociology Global Perspective. Prof. Backman SOCY1000 Sociology Global Perspective. Prof. Backman. Macrosociology examples & Sociological imagination 3

4 Examples of Macrosociology (3)
Introduction to Sociology and SOCY1000 ppt_intro_to_intro_2 (sp'13) 1/11/2013 Examples of Macrosociology (3) Riches and destitution: why are there rich people and poor people? Are the rich really different? How much of success is inherited, how much earned? SOCY1000 Sociology Global Perspective. Prof. Backman. Macrosociology examples & Sociological imagination SOCY1000 Sociology Global Perspective. Prof. Backman 4

5 Examples of Macrosociology (4)
Racial and ethnic relations Where do race and ethnicity come from? Why and how do they make a difference?

6 Examples of Macrosociology (5a)
ppt_intro_to_intro_2 (sp'13) Introduction to Sociology and SOCY1000 1/11/2013 Examples of Macrosociology (5a) Interactions between parts of society Example: after-school daycare programs illustrate interactions between economy and family – two earners needed education and family – school hours affect possible working hours education and government – govt determines public school hours Fairly new (80s, 90s) Emerged when family needs/desires for two household earners (Economy) clashed with school hours Off-school centers sprouted, but weren’t so convenient Government approves programs in the schools Government licenses programs (in some states) Government provides subsidies in some cases SOCY1000 Sociology Global Perspective. Prof. Backman SOCY1000 Sociology Global Perspective. Prof. Backman. Macrosociology examples & Sociological imagination 6

7 ppt_intro_to_intro_2 (sp'13)
1/11/2013 Globalization Economy Popular culture Hollywood CDs of recent US movie releases cheap in China Companies try to export US property rights law, too Bollywood Even the nickname reflects globalization Hip- hop Jamaica + Bronx  worldwide tunes Gangnam style For hip-hop see Giddens, Duneier, Applebaum (2005), Introduction to Sociology (5th ed), p. 94-5; The technologies (sampling and other dj tricks came largely from Jamaica) and were put together with block parties in the Bronx in the mid 1970s SOCY1000 Sociology Global Perspective. Prof. Backman. Macrosociology examples & Sociological imagination

8 Globalization: Early Theory
ppt_intro_to_intro_2 (sp'13) 1/11/2013 Globalization: Early Theory One of the early analyses of globalization was The Communist Manifesto 1848 By Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels We’ll read this later in the course, but a lot of it sounds like it could have been written in the last 10 years SOCY1000 Sociology Global Perspective. Prof. Backman. Macrosociology examples & Sociological imagination

9 Micro vs Macro: The Sociological Imagination
The Sociological Imagination (Mills) Key: ability to see connection between the life of the individual (microsociology) and the larger social context (macrosociology) Involves ability to see connections between … Biography and history Personal troubles and public issues


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