Action theories

• What type of theories are action theories?

  A bottom up micro theory
• What did Giddens argue?


  sociologists should look at the interaction between people
• What did Weber argue?


  That human behavior should be described on the level of causes and meanings
• What are the types of action Weber identified?


  Traditional, affectual, value-rational and instrumentally rational
• What did Mead argue?


  That human interaction is symbolic
• What did Blumer argue?


  That actions are based on the world and we relate to people by taking on roles
• Who proposed the dramatological idea?


  Goffman
• What does the dramatological theory suggest?


  That interactions between people can be compared to actors performing