First outlined in the seminal 1984 text, "Distinction: A Social Critique of Judgement of Taste", Pierre Bourdieu's theory of Cultural Capital presents a utilitarian theoretical framework for the study…
Sociological Theories
The Earth teems with life and includes thousands of species of wild animals. And yet, this rich profusion of animals seems paltry compared to the ecosystem of the deep past. By most reckonings, since …
The popular notion that things that buy happiness are not for sale is not only grossly overused, but it is simply erroneous. Happiness is a derivative of an incredible feeling of pleasure, and in stat…
As Germov and Poole (2019) suggests that the sociological Imagination is referred to as an understanding one's own issues are not caused simply by one's own beliefs or thoughts but by society and how …
Background of Differential Association Theory I believe that the best theory for explaining individual level crime is Differential Association Theory. Differential Association Theory focuses on the b…
Philosophical theories regarding social inequality could have many positive effects on future policies working on reversing the current state of inequality. Many of these theories could provide a basi…
According to the American Museum of Natural History, a theory is a well- substantiated explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can incorporate laws, hypotheses, and facts. The two theories …
Do you know what a dystopian society is? A dystopian society is a perfect world gone wrong. Most things that are dystopian weren't meant to be dystopian. Most things are created to help society, but s…
Functionalism is an approach within sociology that treats society as a system where the family supports society from within. Family members work in cooperation with one another and have different role…
Collective efficacy, defined as, "the social control exerted by cohesive communities, based on mutual trust, including intervention in the supervision of children, and the maintenance of public or…