Social Analysis (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards
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What is social analysis?
What is social analysis?
Systematic method examining structures, relationships, values
Henriot: focus of social analysis
Henriot: focus of social analysis
Understanding via historical & structural relationships
Social analysis reveals...
Social analysis reveals...
Root causes, not surface symptoms
What social analysis highlights
What social analysis highlights
Power imbalances & underlying values
4 structural categories
4 structural categories
Economic, Political, Cultural, Social
Economic structures manage
Economic structures manage
Production, distribution, consumption of goods & services
Political structures involve
Political structures involve
Systems that govern & regulate society
Cultural structures encompass
Cultural structures encompass
Values, beliefs, traditions, assumptions
Social structures refer to
Social structures refer to
How society organises people into different groups
3-step analytical process
3-step analytical process
Description, Analysis, Action
Step 1: Description involves
Step 1: Description involves
Gathering comprehensive information, 'know the facts'
Step 2: Analysis asks
Step 2: Analysis asks
Why the problem exists as it does
Step 3: Action means
Step 3: Action means
Taking informed action to address injustices
Political structures control
Political structures control
Power
Economic structures control
Economic structures control
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