Sociological Concepts: Science, Technology, & Modern Society

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Sociological Concepts: Science, Technology, & Modern Society by Mind Map: Sociological Concepts: Science, Technology, & Modern Society

1. Agency

1.1. People

1.1.1. Micro: Individauls

1.1.2. Meso: Communities in a neighborhood or city

1.1.3. Macro: The world as a whole

1.2. Larger World

1.2.1. Community

1.2.2. City/Town

1.2.3. County

1.2.4. State

1.2.5. Country

1.2.6. World Community

2. Power

2.1. Social Structures

2.1.1. The Government

2.1.2. The Corporations (big & small)

2.1.3. The Consumers of the innovations and inventions

2.1.4. Community of Scientists

2.1.5. Community of Engineers

2.1.6. Community of Activists

2.2. People

2.2.1. Micro: Individauls

2.2.2. Meso: Communities in a neighborhood or city

2.2.3. Macro: The world as a whole

3. Interactional Approach

3.1. People = Scientists

3.1.1. Scientists create a new drug to help people with diabetes that is affordable and helpful in most cases

3.2. Other People = Everyday people in society

3.2.1. People with diabetes use the drug and it helps them function on a day-to-day basis

3.3. Social Structures = the Government, regulation, laws, & rules

3.3.1. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the drug to ensure that no one is hurt or injured by the new diabetes drug

4. Equity & Equality

4.1. Situation: Flint, MI access to clean drinking water

4.1.1. Equality = Everyone receives the same amount of bottled water regardless of the number of people in their family

4.1.2. Equity = Each family is given the amount of bottled water that they need for all family members' needs to be met

5. Structural Approach

5.1. Society

5.1.1. The Government (e.g., regulations, laws, guidance)

5.1.2. Non-Profits

5.1.3. The Economy (e.g., supply & demand)

5.1.4. Community of Scientists

5.1.5. Community of Engineers

5.2. People

5.2.1. Micro: Individauls

5.2.2. Meso: Communities in a neighborhood or city

5.2.3. Macro: The world as a whole

6. Dialectical Relationship

6.1. People

6.1.1. Micro: Individauls

6.1.2. Meso: Communities in a neighborhood or city

6.1.3. Macro: The world as a whole

6.2. Larger World

6.2.1. Community

6.2.2. City/Town

6.2.3. County

6.2.4. State

6.2.5. Country

6.2.6. World Community

7. Neoliberalism

7.1. The Attributes of Neoliberalism

7.1.1. Deregulation

7.1.2. Removing barriers to trade (liberalization) making the world one giant market with competition

7.1.2.1. Could connect in with Globalization due to the compression of time and space

7.1.3. Shifting responsibilities that were once managed by the Government to private entities (e.g., the regulated becoming the regulators)

7.1.4. Individualism

7.2. Social Structures

7.2.1. The Government

7.2.2. The Corporations (big & small)

7.2.3. The Consumers of the innovations and inventions

7.2.4. Community of Scientists

7.2.5. Community of Engineers

7.2.6. Community of Activists

8. Globalization

8.1. Society

8.1.1. The Government

8.1.2. Ways of Being and Doing

8.1.2.1. Laws

8.1.2.2. Mores

8.1.2.3. Folksways

8.1.3. People

8.1.3.1. Micro: Individauls

8.1.3.2. Meso: Communities in a neighborhood or city

8.1.3.3. Macro: The world as a whole

8.2. Larger World

8.2.1. Community

8.2.2. City/Town

8.2.3. County

8.2.4. State

8.2.5. Country

8.2.6. World Community

9. Cultural Capital

9.1. People's Cultural Capital

9.1.1. Language

9.1.2. Job

9.1.3. Where you live

9.1.4. Cultural Knowledge

9.1.5. What you own

9.1.6. The money you have

9.2. Society

9.2.1. The Government

9.2.2. Ways of Being and Doing

9.2.2.1. Laws

9.2.2.2. Mores

9.2.2.3. Folksways

9.2.3. People

9.2.3.1. Micro: Individauls

9.2.3.2. Meso: Communities in a neighborhood or city

9.2.3.3. Macro: The world as a whole