Ch. 5 - Social Structure and Society
This chapter emphasizes social structure, status, and roles. Additionally, we will examine three levels of societal development.
Chapter 5 Objectives
- Explain what sociologists mean by social structure.
- Discuss how statuses and roles are related to social structure.
- Identify and illustrate the concepts of social structure.
- Explain how culture and social structures are related.
- Describe the means of subsistence in Preindustrial societies.
- Discuss the characteristics of industrial society.
- Compare and contrast Preindustrial, industrial, and postindustrial societies.