Theory and debates acronyms

• Parson’s prefunctional requisites: GAIL

  • Goal attainment
  • Adaptation
  • Integration
  • Latency
• Merton’s theory: In Four Underwear

  • Indispensability
  • Functional Unity
  • Universal Functionalism
• Criticisms of functionalism. Ten Cool Udders Can’t See Louis

  • Teleological
  • Contradictory
  • Unscientific
  • Conflict
  • Status quo
  • Legitimises inequality
• Criticisms of functionalism: Don’t Read Durkheim’s Manifesto

  • Deterministic
  • Reifies society
  • Diversity
  • Meta-narrative
• Features of capitalism: Sister’s Coffee Emporium

  • Separation
  • Competition
  • Exploitation
• Features of communism: Cozy Snack Room

  • Collective ownership
  • Stateless+classless
  • Reclaiming products
• Criticisms of Marxism: SERO

  • Simple
  • Economic determinism
  • Revolution
  • Out of date
• Gramsci humanistic neo-marxism: Honda Civics Can Make Drivers Overdose

  • Hegemony
  • Coercion
  • Consent
  • Minority
  • Dual-consciousness
  • Organic individuals
• Althusser’s structural neo-Marxism: Seven Elephants Parade In Rain

  • State apparatus
  • Econimic
  • Political
  • Ideological
  • Relative autonomy
• Walby’s six structures of patriarchy: Smart Villagers Dig Perfectly Sized Caves

  • State
  • Violence
  • Domestic labour
  • Paid work
  • Sexuality
  • Culture
• Feminism: Incredible Chefs Serve Pizza

  • Inequalities
  • Conflict
  • Social construction
  • Patriarchy
• Social action: Colourful Volcanoes Make Infinite Fire

  • Constructionism
  • Voluntarism
  • Micro-approach
  • Interpretivist methodology
  • Feelings and beliefs drive behaviour
• 4 Types of action: Intelligent Vets Treat Animals

  • Instrumental rational
  • Value rational
  • Traditional
  • Affectual
• Symbolic interactionism: Italian Sausage Ingredients

  • Instinct
  • Symbol
  • Interpretive phase
• Phenomenology: Ten Labrador Retriever Necklaces

  • Typifications
  • Life world
  • Recipe knowledge
  • Natural attitude
• Garfinkel’s ethnomethodology: Smoking Meth In Rolls

  • Social order
  • Meaning creation process
  • Indexicality
  • Reflexicality
• Two way structure changes society: RU

  • Reflexive monitoring
  • Unintended consequences
• Features of modern society: Never Cry Real Ice-cream

  • Nation state
  • Capitalism
  • Rationality
  • Cultural
• Interpretivism: Very Silly Monkeys Using Computers

  • Verstehen
  • Social constructions
  • Meanings
  • Unobservable
  • Conscious beings
• Positivism: Sia Is Cooking Quiche

  • Social facts
  • Induction
  • Causality
  • Quantitative
• Features of science: Eating Ten Tacos Coloured Orange

  • Empirical
  • Testable
  • Theoretical
  • Cumulative
  • Objective
• Marxists on policy: In Library Party

  • Ideological Limitation
  • Labour force maintenance
  • Revolution prevention
• Changes from globalisation: Tiny Elephants Paint Colours

  • Technological
  • Economical
  • Political
  • Cultural
• Giddings features of late modernist: DR

  • Disembedding
  • Reflexivity
• Beck features of late modernity: Men In Red

  • Manufactured risk
  • Individualisation
  • Risk consciousness