Chapter Two from Babbie exposes you to a variety of different sociological paradigms. These paradigms, collectively, allow us to view and examine the world using many different perspectives.
Now, it is your turn to apply these theories to a single phenomenon: parking at Queens College. Yes, parking at Queens College! How would you study it? What kinds of questions would you ask?
For this Discussion Board, in 1-2 paragraphs, apply any three different paradigms/theories from the following four choices: 1) conflict paradigm/feminist paradigm: 2) symbolic interactionism; 3) ethnomethodology; 4) structural functionalism. For each of these paradigms/theories:
What kinds of questions would you ask? What are some problems or issues that you are likely to focus on when using your particular paradigm?