Symbolic interaction theory analyzes society by addressing the subjective meanings that people impose on objects, events, and behaviors. Thus, society is thought to be socially constructed through human interpretation. People interpret one another’s behavior, and it is these interpretations that form the social bond.

Kenneth and Mamie Clark used sociological research to show that segregation was: beneficial. harmful.

The main principles of symbolic interactionism are: Human beings act toward things on the basis of the meanings that things have for them. These meanings arise out of social interaction. Social action results from a fitting together of individual lines of action.

Talcott Parsons viewed society as a system. He argued that any social system has four basic functional prerequisites: adaptation, goal attainment, integration and pattern maintenance. Goal attainment refers to the need for all societies to set goals towards which social activity is directed.

Volunteering is a great way to meet new people, especially if you are new to an area. It strengthens your ties to the community and broadens your support network, exposing you to people with common interests, neighborhood resources, and fun and fulfilling activities.

A theory of action is a connected set of propositions, a logical chain of reasoning that explains how change will. lead to improved practices.

A metaphysical voluntarism was propounded in the 19th century by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, who took will to be the single, irrational, unconscious force behind all of reality and all ideas of reality.

VOLUNTARISM: a libertarian socio-political system based on the absence of coercion by any arbitrary state or collective. HEGEMONY (Gramsci): “soft power”; authority maintained without the need for violent coercion.