Political sociology can use these exchange processes to show how various political interactions can be negotiated. Search in book: Search Contents. In the bottom half of the table that describes low status, there are also three reactions. However, Strauss does not go far with this conception of bargaining as it might appear in political action. The two types are when the groups overlap or they do not. She informally entertains family and friends in a manner that reflects her idea of prevailing respectable social norms of her communitynothing more and nothing less. Restricted and generalized exchange relate to how generalized others are constructed. However, this negotiation is rather loose and not involved with a formal assessment of power. Exchange theory then leads to bargaining processes, which will be discussed more fully in chapter 9 on the macro-level. The same would apply to group exchange. The family can also be a source of conflict, including physical violence and emotional cruelty, for its own members. While this more or less goes back to Thomas Hobbes and the war of all against all, we do not have to flip flop on the basic motivations of humans and see that we all are motivated by both love and hate, cooperation or conflict, or caring and violence. Most often, more distant others are in restricted exchange relationships. But again, the social mobility boundary is fought most between row 3 of the vulnerable high-status people, and row 6 of the discriminated against but talented low-status persons. Joseph married Rose Fitzgerald, the daughter of the then Irish Mayor of Boston. It is a form of group exchange where one person gives to another, who then in turn gives to a third person. This does not mean that all social mobility in families is tied to generalized exchange. The mother reluctantly buys the dress for the ecstatic daughter, but angrily tells her mother (the daughters grandmother) that the scion has underpaid you for years, and that this is exactly what keeps us in our place.. But it doesn't just stop there. This view of othering interacts with social mobility. Thus, social mobility is not just achieving skills by merit, but it is also about self-work or personhood about countering and converting elite processes of oppressive othering with generalized others. Ones and the others alternatives are measured by the number of alternatives times their value, which is the value of the alternative times its probability. (2000) provide a more nuanced view of oppressive othering by viewing different attributions with external and internal reactions from generalized others. There are two types of exchange that can be applied to symbolic interactionism. Among her kin, she aims to keep the family together for over 50 years with parties with over 60 people. [1] This theory is elaborated by Samuel Bacharach and Edward Lawler (1980, 1981; Cook and Rice ) as power being the inverse of the number of valued alternatives that one may have in the sense of not being dependent on the relationship with the other. The low-status people will have negative generalized others vis--vis the high-status othering persons. The exchange is usually short (money paid for material objects, knowledge or personal services) and both parties are self-interested. 2000; Sandstrom et al. It is also discussed in a rather ethnomethodological form in Josh Pacewiczs Partisans and Partners (2016), though the gift relationship large resembles these other generalized exchange forms. More market exchange, often among strangers, is restricted exchange where one expects immediate payback. Communicationthe exchange of meaning through language . [3] In the professions literature, a particular profession often engages in a professional project to raise the status of the group as a whole. For instance, Anselm Strauss (1978; Strauss et al. Power in Symbolic Interactionism via Social Exchange Theory. [3] In the professions literature, a particular profession often engages in a professional project to raise the status of the group as a whole. [1] I use exchange theory since it is better suited to my purposes than Collins rather short discussion of power and status rituals (2002: 111-114; 348-349). The mother reluctantly buys the dress for the ecstatic daughter, but angrily tells her mother (the daughters grandmother) that the scion has underpaid you for years, and that this is exactly what keeps us in our place.. Inequality and Social Mobility in Symbolic Interactionism. They are not as subordinated as those with degraded status, and they may achieve some limited mobility. There are also many examples of people gaining great wealth or political influence through more restricted exchange. In network terms, these processes are more reliant on strong ties than weak ties (Granovetter 1973). "Symbolic Interactionism, or Interactionism for short, is one of the major theoretical perspectives in sociology Interactionists focus on the subjective aspects of social life, rather than on objective, macro-structural aspects of social systems For the interactionist, society consists of organized and patterned interactions among individuals. Sometimes these exchanges are made more long-term, but they are carefully guarded by contracts assuring each partys interests are protected. Although the favored Joe Jr. died in World War II, Joseph Kennedys sons John F., Robert and Ted Kennedy had peak political careers. Sometimes these exchanges are made more long-term, but they are carefully guarded by contracts assuring each partys interests are protected. In generalized exchange, there are five different types (Ekeh 1974: 50; Janoski 1998: 82-85). Here are four examples with disguised names except for the last one. When people engage in sociation often with generalized exchange they are interacting according to the process of sociation. But when people engage in strategic interaction they are following interaction through power, which may be conscious by tough negotiators or may have been socialized into them through violentization. And further, there are processes in between. Thus, our goal is to present an overview of the territory that symbolic interaction and sociological studies of emotions share and then analyze the most challenging direction for interactionist research: understanding the reproduction of inequality. And lastly, Joseph P. Kennedy was the son of a successful Irish businessman. This is presented in table 5.2 along with material from Jonathan Turner and Jan Stets (2004). For example, an individual receiving unemployment insurance promises to be ready and able to work, and to search for work and fail in order to receive the benefit. While they may have their differences, they show a lot of similarities when comparing certain traits within a certain theory including the economic inequality, deviance and gender as discussed above. Thus, the social mobility process is not just a reaction to blockages, but it is a creative process of external valuation through generalized others, and internal identification through self-processes. Medical doctors rising above homeopaths with the Flexner Report are a good example, but the process also applies to nurses seeking bachelors degrees to promote the status of RNs (Larson 1977; Abbott 1988). Oppressive othering has been largely ignored as a general social process though labeling theory comes close to it. The purposes of these oppressions are boundary maintenance processes to indicate that the oppressors belong to a superior group and the subordinates belong to a less worthy group. The purposes of these oppressions are boundary maintenance processes to indicate that the oppressors belong to a superior group and the subordinates belong to a less worthy group. However, Strauss does not go far with this conception of bargaining as it might appear in political action. The end result is a more nuanced and extended theory of power in society with elements of motivation at the individual and group level. Generalized exchange looks to the betterment of the group as a whole, while restricted exchange is about the individual gaining for themselves. For an auto example, Ford Motor Company has had many Ford family members running the company; however, General Motors has had only one Sloan in the form of Alfred P. Sloan who had no children and his foundation operates on the East Coast. More market exchange, often among strangers, is restricted exchange where one expects immediate payback. Michael Schwalbe and five others present a theory of critical interactionism on how inequalities are created in society, and these can also be related to social mobility. This type of exchange is favored by rational choice proponents and economists who see it as the paramount exchange that exists in markets. Their motto, Wilson and Wilson, For the People dominates the airwaves on TV and the internet decrying the greed of insurance companies. The study found that when the self or other became an object of reflection, emotions and behavior were discussed . According to symbolic interaction theory, people are capable of change: when we make a mistaken assumption, our interactions with others can help to correct our misconceptions. Most often, more distant others are in restricted exchange relationships. Fourth, there are two kinds of group-to-group exchange. They are not as subordinated as those with degraded status, and they may achieve some limited mobility. 2014: 46-47; Reynolds 1987). First, Helen Hilton marries a musician who then becomes a factory worker. The grandmother mentions the specific dress that the young girl wants at the most expensive boutique in town, and the scion she works for says, I know the owner of the store; I can talk to her. The grandmother then tells her granddaughter that the dress has been marked down by 70% of the original price so that it is the same price as the department store dress. Schwalbe et al.s (2000) view of blockages goes beyond Merton to state that higher elites impose oppressive othering on low status people through emotion, discrimination, and self-processes of internalization or counter-othering. For instance, Anselm Strauss (1978; Strauss et al. Those families who engage in bridging capital to go outside their kinship groups are even more successful in bringing their families more advancement in social mobility. It integrates a bargaining theory of power into symbolic interactionism, and alters the symbolic interactionist discussion of power by putting it into a context of social exchange and types of social mobility. After describing the couples, the author develops a symbolic interactionist model to explain how the respondents made sense of their violence. Symbolic interactionism is a micro-level theory that focuses on the relationships among individuals within a society. A symbolic interactionist who does directly confront symbolic interactionism on questions of power is Lonnie Athens (1992, 1997). Beverly Johnson combined bonding and bridging capital to maintain family solidarity and to advance her husbands career (since the husbands father died early, this limited greater bridging capital) both through the absence of the father and the tendency for widows sociality being restricted (i.e., there is no husband to promote and her lowered income makes the husbands mother a bit downwardly mobile). These are examples of generalized exchange through acquaintances rather than family. There are some strong inclinations toward bargaining theory in symbolic interactionist theory. 202 Patterson Office Tower And you know that the funeral director will not only do it to repay his debt, but if he does not, the Don will most certainly take a pound of flesh. However, theories of political sociology cannot assume unrelenting social mobility for everyone since most social mobility is relational. The way inequalities contribute to social differences and perpetuate differences in power: Symbolic Interactionism : Micro: One-to-one interactions and communications: . In network terms, these processes are more reliant on strong ties than weak ties (Granovetter 1973). Economists would like to apply restricted exchange to all types of social exchange (e.g., Gary Beckers rational account of marriages and partnerships, and also sociobiological theories that see couples maximizing their gene pools for reproduction). Third, the eldest son of a middle-class family, George Wilson, becomes a personal injury lawyer and is quite successful. [2] Later on, Don Corleone does call in the favor to take care of a dead body using the mans funeral parlor. Although Boston elites tended to discriminate against the Irish, some Irish social entrepreneurs become more powerful over time. And you know that the funeral director will not only do it to repay his debt, but if he does not, the Don will most certainly take a pound of flesh. Consequently, it is also important to focus on the higher status persons who are subject to downward mobility because they will also be highly defensive, resistant and even violent. Gender inequality is almost always prominent towards a female rather than towards a male. In one way or another, George convinces his three brothers and one sister to also become personal injury lawyers. However, in this book, I find that they can be profitably put together or synthesized. This section interrogates the concept of power and its weak presence in symbolic interactionist theory, and then goes into the theorys conceptions of inequality. The daughter complains to her grandmother, who has been an underpaid domestic for many decades to a prominent old and respected family. With higher divorce rates, there is a direct correlation between the way we view the roles in a marriage/family and the overall health of said . Post #2 Symbolic Interactionism And gender Inequality. As we have seen with the Trump-base, many of these people state I want my country back and Make America Great again. While one might self-righteously declare them as unjustified, they do not agree, and they are a political force to be reckoned with. Beverly Johnson combined bonding and bridging capital to maintain family solidarity and to advance her husbands career (since the husbands father died early, this limited greater bridging capital) both through the absence of the father and the tendency for widows sociality being restricted (i.e., there is no husband to promote and her lowered income makes the husbands mother a bit downwardly mobile). All of the families used internal generalized exchange which can be referred to as bonding capital (Putnam 2000, 2020). It integrates a bargaining theory of power into symbolic interactionism, and alters the symbolic interactionist discussion of power by putting it into a context of social exchange and types of social mobility. Restricted and generalized exchange relate to how generalized others are constructed. [2] Second, there are individual to group exchanges whereby a group might give a loan to an individual, and then the group expects payment by a particular date. This involves two aspects of networking. Social networks of kin and association in social mobility settings can occur in different formats according to bonding and bridging capital. (2000) provide a more nuanced view of oppressive othering by viewing different attributions with external and internal reactions from generalized others. These are examples of generalized exchange through acquaintances rather than family. Symbolic Interactionist Theory Revised for Political Sociology Interactional Ritual Chains and Differential Association Power and Inequality in Symbolic Interaction From Generalized Others to Social Networks and Groups to Social Structure and Culture Conclusion Power and Inequality in Symbolic Interaction The merit-based high-status persons and the low-skilled degraded low-status persons will most likely stay where they are in the social structureone feeling superior and the other deferential. These people are very self-confident and quite connected. In a way, symbolic interactionism is a liberating and emancipating force Similarly, powerful groups of people or structure can impose their will upon others with complete disregard for social beliefs. A symbolic interactionist who does directly confront symbolic interactionism on questions of power is Lonnie Athens (1992, 1997). Symbolic interaction has a particular weakness concerning a concept critical to political sociology and that is the concept of power. However, if a family member ignores his brothers and sisters, he will need to make up for bonding capital with an extensive focus on bridging capital to a higher social class. They see four factors as being important in the creation of inequality: oppressive othering, boundary maintenance, emotion management, and subordinate adaptations (Schwalbe et al. The symbolic interaction perspective, also called symbolic interactionism, is a major framework of sociological theory. Symbolic Interactionism, Inequality, and Emotions. George Herbert Mead does not say much about power in his social psychological theory, and when encountering the topic, the authoritative symbolic interactionist text by Sandstrom, Lively, Martin and Fine (2014: 177-184) after a very brief review of the concept largely embraces the social exchange theory of Richard Emerson (1962) that sees power as dependency. In row 5 (items 13, 14, and 15) people may be of low rank because of accidents or bad luck. Subjective meanings are given primacy because it is believed that people behave based on what they believe and not just on what is objectively true. Symbolic Interactionist Theory Revised for Political Sociology Interactional Ritual Chains and Differential Association Power and Inequality in Symbolic Interaction From Generalized Others to Social Networks and Groups to Social Structure and Culture Conclusion Power and Inequality in Symbolic Interaction But it is the high ranking but protected people and the low-ranking discriminated people who are the most likely to engage in social mobility conflicts. The purposes of these oppressions are boundary maintenance processes to indicate that the oppressors belong to a superior group and the subordinates belong to a less worthy group. Among her husbands business associates, it consists of being the life of the party and maintaining long-term friendships with business associates. Theories of Exchange in Social Psychology. While this more or less goes back to Thomas Hobbes and the war of all against all, we do not have to flip flop on the basic motivations of humans and see that we all are motivated by both love and hate, cooperation or conflict, or caring and violence. This section interrogates the concept of power and its weak presence in symbolic interactionist theory, and then goes into the theory's conceptions of inequality. First, in chain exchange (item 7) one person gives to another who then gives to a third party, and this continues to include more and more people as in pay it forward. Second, there are individual to closed group and open group exchanges (items 8 and 9). Second, Beverly Johnson comes from an ethnic and lower-middle-class family and marries a man whose family has a prominent background. One could make a similar comment about the Bush family as a political dynasty (Baker 2008). Those families who engage in bridging capital to go outside their kinship groups are even more successful in bringing their families more advancement in social mobility. Through your interactions with the letters 'dog', you see this as a furry, four-legged canine. Inequality and Social Mobility in Symbolic Interactionism. It is a further question of whether these negotiations or social bargains are involved with restricted or generalized exchange. This view of othering interacts with social mobility. These may be negotiated by a leader but the followers know the terms of the agreement and are quick to point out any violations. First, Helen Hilton marries a musician who then becomes a factory worker. It integrates a bargaining theory of power into symbolic interactionism, and alters the symbolic interactionist discussion of power by putting it into a context of social exchange and types of social mobility. Instead Athens prefers to see the pursuit of power as the basic motivating force for human beings and their groups. But on the other hand, the one large factory owner who does not give to the community was ostracized from society and politics. One important type of restricted exchange involves an important time dimension (see 2 in Table 5.1). In other words, if you constantly depend on another person for food, income, entertainment and shelter (e.g., a child to a parent, or a worker to the managers of a company town), while you supply none of these and other values to the other, then your other has a high amount of power over you since they could deny you these values. A major difference between the two concerns how strategic people can be. Trust may develop. They will develop positive generalized others with the subcultures that they may produce. The daughter complains to her grandmother, who has been an underpaid domestic for many decades to a prominent old and respected family. In one way or another, George convinces his three brothers and one sister to also become personal injury lawyers. . Third, there are individual to societal exchanges whereby an individual agrees to various terms with a larger societal group. Symbolic Interactionism As discussed in the opening module, W.E.B. Among her kin, she aims to keep the family together for over 50 years with parties with over 60 people. In row 4 (items 10, 11 and 12), people with low rank view their social position due to their lack of ability, and they engage in accepting the other imposed upon them by higher ranking people. And the Kennedy example, which of course is well known, shows how promotion can even lead to the Presidency of the United States. But Athens does point to a critical weakness of symbolic interactionism as he comes up with a contrary view of the good socialization process described by George Herbert Mead, which is the process of violentization thesis. Oppressive othering has been largely ignored as a general social process though labeling theory comes close to it. They actively construct a generalized other that recognizes their abilities and rejects oppressive othering, and they often will create positive sub-cultures among other low status but talented people that reflect their own more positive views (through ressentiment which was discussed earlier). He questions George Herbert Meads predication of symbolic interaction as being based on sociation, which is the general consensual pursuit of cooperate social relations. In other words, if you constantly depend on another person for food, income, entertainment and shelter (e.g., a child to a parent, or a worker to the managers of a company town), while you supply none of these and other values to the other, then your other has a high amount of power over you since they could deny you these values. Their chances of positive mobility are greater. Symbolic interaction theory analyzes society by addressing the subjective meanings that people impose on objects, events, and behaviors. More recently, Monica Whitman (2021) has shown that a strong norm of reciprocity will have powerful effects leading to social trust and generalized exchange for the betterment of the group. The symbolic interaction theory basically addresses two issues. Recall, the Mafia Don played by Marlon Brando in the opening scene of The Godfather taking care of an Italian fathers wish to revenge the shabby treatment of his daughter by some Anglo-boys. Schwalbe et al.s (2000) view of blockages goes beyond Merton to state that higher elites impose oppressive othering on low status people through emotion, discrimination, and self-processes of internalization or counter-othering. But it is the high ranking but protected people and the low-ranking discriminated people who are the most likely to engage in social mobility conflicts. We do not have to trade caring for power, and for the most part, we can see these two forces as being consubstantial in society. Social exchange is more generalized exchange as one might pursue in ones family or friend network. One might say that this looks a bit like Robert Mertons theory of deviance (1938); however, the big difference is that Merton focused on blockages that exist but said little about the motivation and process by which they are accepted or overcome, and nothing about the emotions that they generate. Symbolic interactionism is a sociological theory that develops from practical considerations and alludes to particular effects of communication and interaction in people to make images and normal implications, for deduction and correspondence with others. In the end, I conclude that both Athens and Mead are right but both are also incomplete. A symbolic interactionist who does directly confront symbolic interactionism on questions of power is Lonnie Athens (1992, 1997). They engage in counter-othering which is the angry rejection of the imposed reflected appraisals of high-status people that intend to demean and reject them. We do not have to trade caring for power, and for the most part, we can see these two forces as being consubstantial in society. (2000) provide a more nuanced view of oppressive othering by viewing different attributions with external and internal reactions from generalized others. Symbolic Interactionism. This means that for those who go upward on the social scale, some will go downward. For instance, if the exchange takes place repeatedly over time, norms evolve about the relationship. In a formula this might be: Your Power = 1 / Others dependencies on you, The others power = 1 / Your dependencies on the other, Relative power in = (Your power) (Others power). Or if the exchange is to take place over a long period of time, perhaps for loans and bond purchases, the arrangement is firmly structured with a contract that covers many different aspects of the exchange. Oppressive othering penetrates the generalized other of Mead and indicates that people may promote or justify their positions in society by providing looking glass-self messages to others that they are inferior, inept, unworthy or otherwise inferior to themselves. In row 2 (items 4, 5 and 6) high ranking people have largely inherited their rank by ascriptive principles and they rely on their traditional positions but may need to engage in defensive othering and internalization, In row 3 (items 7, 8 and 9), some people have high rank due to bias and discrimination and they are quite insecure and very much subject to downward mobility. In society with elements of motivation at the individual gaining for themselves stop there 1973.... 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