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Sociological Theory (University of Toronto)

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Sociological Theory (University of Toronto)

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Lecture 1:

Discussion about the COVID rise time George Floyd and protests Capitol attacks Russia Ukraine invasion

Set of tools to make sense of the world and what's happening in it today. “Classical Theories for International Sociology”

Lecture 2:

Speaking about the 2016 US election and Donald Trump winning. Alexis de Tocqueville would say don't worry; after all, he is just the president of the US.

Thesis:

Tocqueville believed that the SOCIAL STRUCTURE of AMERICAN SOCIETY helped to DETER and PREVENT successful rise to power of a DESPOT. Despot: Someone who has absolute power and can use it in awful ways A ruler who holds absolute power and who exercises it in a cruel and oppressive way.

Outline:

Meet Alexis de touqueville

The Social Structure of the United States

Meet Alexis De Touqeville: Born in France in 1805 Napoleon Crowned emperor of France due to conquests 1804, In 1805 crowned king of Italy. By 1810, most of Europe except Portugal and UK. This is the concept he was born with, the Despot ruler’s story. The story of how Louis was overthrown and executed Purge of revolution ‘Reign of Terror’ France in Chaos, directorate chose to make stability. Napoleon overthrows the directorate and throws a coupe. Tocqueville wanted to know how France would stage a revolution for democracy and, in ten years, find itself ruled by an absolute ruler again. Only one country was truly successful in democracy at that time, USA.

Democracy in America:

Essentially an argument for why democracy is so successful in America. The SOCIAL STRUCTURE of AMERICAN SOCIETY helped to DETER and PREVENT the successful rise to the power of a DESPOT. The idea of social structure.

Patterned social arrangements in a society are both emergent from and determinant of the actions of individuals. Examples Family Religion Law Economy Class

French Social Structure Absolute Monarchy Feudal Nobility Established Church Centralized State Bureaucracy Large Metropolitan Areas Industrialized Centres Alexis de Tocqueville felt all these conditions allowed people like napoleon to take power. Less to do with ideologies but more with structures. What about the American Social Structure Never had a Monarchy No Feudal Nobility