Looking at college students:
Marx: identifying social policies to better the lives of individuals
Durkheim: social facts – how social patterns provide constraints over people. Ex: what are the rules for getting into college? How does their family life affect their access to college?
– Sought to understand how external social factors contributed to suicide
Mead: social behaviors and influence of others
Weber
Verstehen: MACRO. Understanding human behavior with interpretation – rejected Comte\\\\\\\’s objective approach
*most similar to symbolic interaction*
He believed the researcher had to imaging the subject through their own POV. Empathy.
Rationalization of society: replacement of traditional values for more efficient ones. (ex: industrial revolution)