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Types of Societies. Chapter 4.3. Group:. A set of people who interact on the basis of shared expectations and identity Societies: largest and most complex. Subsistence strategies. The way society uses technology to meet the needs of members. Preindustrial Society.
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Types of Societies Chapter 4.3
Group: • A set of people who interact on the basis of shared expectations and identity • Societies: largest and most complex
Subsistence strategies • The way society uses technology to meet the needs of members
Preindustrial Society • The main source of economic activity is FOOD PRODUCTION. • Preindustrial societies are divided into their method of producing food: • Hunting and Gathering • Pastoral Societies • Horticultural Societies • Agricultural Societies
Hunting and Gathering Society • The main form of food production consists of the collection of wild plants and hunting of wild animals.
Hunting Gathering Societies • Hunting and gathering societies consists of fewer than 60 people and rarely exceed 100. They are called “bands.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqNgB2Fg1rY Dawn of Social Networks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It-pHyDrkTM&list=LPRP5IZd1rooQ&feature=plcp
Pastoral Societies • Rather than searching for food on a daily basis, members in a pastoral society rely on domesticated herd animals to meet their food needs.
Pastoral Societies • Division of labor- Because there are food surpluses, individuals within the group become specialized at specific economic tasks. EX- craft workers, producing tools, weapons, jewelry… These types of societies still exist, but are facing change: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWelr7E3jNI
Horticultural Societies • Main source of food is fruits and vegetables grown in garden plots that have been cleared from the jungle or forest.
Horticultural Societies • Slash and burn method to raise crops: wild vegetation is cut and burned and the ash is used as fertilizer. Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvwg56IbWpY
Agricultural Societies • Animals are used to pull plows and till fields.
Agricultural Societies • Technology allows agriculturalists to plant more crops than is possible than when only human labor is used. • Higher crop yields = large populations • Sharp divisions in status – landowners (wealth and power) and peasants (workers). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTB2p2IwB10
Industrial Societies • Emphasis shifts from production of food to manufactured goods. • Technology and the use of machines takes place of the farm laborer and those people work in production of goods.
Industrial Society • Industrial Society leads to urbanization – concentration of the population in cities. • In preindustrial society the family is the primary social institution, which provides production and education. • In industrial society production and education take place outside the family. The need for literacy in industrialized society leads to compulsory education.
Industrialization Continued • One positive effect of industrialization is it brings freedom to compete for social position. (In preindustrial societies social statuses are ascribed). • Statuses in industrial society becomes achieved.
Postindustrial Societies • Economy is based on providing information and services. • US 73% involved in providing goods and services, 2% involved in agriculture, 25% in the production of goods.
Changes from industrial to postindustrial societies • Postindustrial society emphasis on the roles of science and education. • Standard of living and quality of life improve as wages increase. • Search for personal fulfillment takes on added importance.
Mechanical and Organic Solidarity Durkheim • Preindustrial societies are held together by mechanical solidarity, people share the same values and perform the same tasks, they become united in a common whole. • As the division of labor become more complex mechanic solidarity gives way to organic solidarity (refers to impersonal social relationships that rises from increased job specialization). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VwoihGP_i8
Gemeinschaft (Tonnies) • German word meaning “community” • Society where most members know one another. • Activities center on family and community. • Examples: Preindustrial society or a rural small town or village.
Gesellschaft (Tonnies) • Refers to society in which most social relationships are based on NEED rather than emotion. • Relationships are impersonal and often temporary. • Individual’s goals are more important than the group’s. • Modern urban society.
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