The document discusses several approaches in social science, including institutionalism, feminist theory, and hermeneutic phenomenology. It explains that institutionalism views institutions as constraints that organize social behavior and emphasizes the role of institutions. Feminist theory emphasizes gender inequality and challenges distinctions between public and private. Hermeneutic phenomenology combines interpretation and consciousness to understand lived experiences.
The document discusses several approaches in social science, including institutionalism, feminist theory, and hermeneutic phenomenology. It explains that institutionalism views institutions as constraints that organize social behavior and emphasizes the role of institutions. Feminist theory emphasizes gender inequality and challenges distinctions between public and private. Hermeneutic phenomenology combines interpretation and consciousness to understand lived experiences.
The document discusses several approaches in social science, including institutionalism, feminist theory, and hermeneutic phenomenology. It explains that institutionalism views institutions as constraints that organize social behavior and emphasizes the role of institutions. Feminist theory emphasizes gender inequality and challenges distinctions between public and private. Hermeneutic phenomenology combines interpretation and consciousness to understand lived experiences.
The document discusses several approaches in social science, including institutionalism, feminist theory, and hermeneutic phenomenology. It explains that institutionalism views institutions as constraints that organize social behavior and emphasizes the role of institutions. Feminist theory emphasizes gender inequality and challenges distinctions between public and private. Hermeneutic phenomenology combines interpretation and consciousness to understand lived experiences.
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Rational Choice
Theor y DOMINANT Institutionalism APPROACH AND Feminist Theor y IDEAS IN SOCIAL Hermeneutics
SCIENCE (PART 2) phenomenol ogy
Human Environme nt INSTITUTIONALISM OBJECTIVES
Examine the constitutive nature of informal and
formal institutions and their actors and how it constrains social behavior. WHAT IS INSTITUTIONALISM?
It refers to the movement and approach that views
institutions as humanly devised constraints that arrange or organize political, economic, and social interaction. A method in the social sciences, it emphasizes the role of institutions. METHODS UNDER INSTITUTIONALISM
Historical Institutionalism - It focuses on institutions to discover sequences of social, political, economic behavior and change across time. - It is a comparative approach to the study of all features of human organizations and does so by banking on profoundly on case studies. New Institutionalism or Neo -institutionalism - It is a theory that centers on developing a sociological view of institutions, the way they interact and the way they influence society. EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONS TO PEOPLE
1. They can cause individuals within institutions to
maximize benefits, similar to Rational Choice Theory. 2. To act out of duty or an awareness of what one is “supposed” to do. THE CONSTITUTIVE NATURE OF INFORMAL AND FORMAL INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR ACTORS
Institutions can be either formal or informal and these formal
and informal institutions constitute rules, guidelines, and structures significant in carrying our day -to-day activities. One way to categorize institutions is to classify them as formal or informal.
Formal Institution – are those formally established in one
way or another, often by government through of ficial procedures.(e.g Government, Law) Informal Institution – are not formally established, but they are practices generally accepted throughout society. (e.g courtship, cultural practices) FEMINIST THEORY WHAT IS FEMINIST?
The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. Organized activity in support of women’s rights and interest. THE FEMINIST THEORY AND FEMINISM
The feminist theory refers to that which..
1. Emphasizes gender as key basis of structure inequality
2. Challenges conventional distinctions between public and private, and 3. Problematized the fundamentally political relationship between gender and power RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENDER IDEOLOGY AND GENDER INEQUALIT Y GENDER IDEOLOGY - Refer to meaning involved in the assignment of roles for women and men within the household and outside of it. (e.g Roles, rights, and responsibilities of men and women in society) - Also refers to certain societal beliefs that support gender stratification, thereby legitimizing gender inequality. GENDER INEQUALIT Y - It refers to unequal treatment or perceptions of person based on their gender. It stems from dif ferences in socially constructed gender roles and gender systems which are usually dichotomous and hierarchical. GENDER EQUALIT Y ‘ - The opposite of gender inequality, is realized when women and men enjoy the same rights and opportunities across all sectors of society and when behaviors, desires, and needs of both women and men are equally favored and valued.
` HERMENEUTICAL PHENOMENOLOGY WHAT IS HERMENEUTICAL PHENOMENOLOGY? HERMENUETICS - as the methodology of interpretation is concerned with problems that arise when dealing with meaningful human actions and the products of such actions, most importantly texts. PHENOMENOLOGY - an approach that concentrates on the study of consciousness and the objects of direct experience . HERMENEUTIC PHENOMENOLOGY
It is a “research methodology aimed at producing rich textual
descriptions of the experiencing of selected phenomena in the life world of individuals that are able to connect with the experience of all of us collectively 2 DISTINCT CAMPS
Descriptive Phenomenology - Is based on discovering the object universal essences of lived experiences and communicating them through pure description. - One has the technique of “Bracketing of f” influences around a phenomenon to get the essences. Interpretive Phenomenology - It is used to interpret the meaning of lived experiences and communicate the interpretation textually or symbolically. - More complex than the descriptive phenomenology. THE HERMENEUTIC PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH In hermeneutic phenomenology (or phenomenological hermeneutics), the historical phenomena is interpreted dif ferently in proper context through one’s consciousness. It generally attempts to deepen our understanding of the fascinating and complex topic that is human experience. It is also concerned with understanding texts. Under this approach, the researchers intend to generate rich and deep account of a phenomenon through intuition, while focusing on uncovering rather than accuracy, and magnification with evasion of prior knowledge. FIVE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
1. Commitment to an enduring concern,
2. Oriented position toward the question, 3. Exploring the experience as it is lived, 4. Recounting the phenomenon through writing and rewriting, and, 5. Consideration of parts and whole.
