The following readings will be included on this assignment: DelSordi- chapter 1 (online), Schaefer- chapter 1 (p. 1-21), Schaefer- chapter 2,

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1) DelSordi-1 & Schaefer-1: Explain the cultural trend in America of “declining social capital.” What distinct changes are causing this decline and what are its consequences? Finally, how would “functionalists” and “social conflict” theorists explain this problem differently and understand how this problem arises from different sources?

2) DelSordi-1: According to your reading, what is positivism and how does it seek to understand society? How is positivism inadequate in understanding the complexity of the human condition? Finally, how does postmodernism offer a newer means by which we can understand cultural and social change?


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