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Module 3 Final Project: My Ideal Society: Annotated Bibliography
Azra Ramic
Sociology 101
7/5/2019
Module 3 Final Project 2
Boundless. (n.d.). Boundless Sociology. Retrieved from
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-sociology/chapter/theories-of-socialization/
In the first article it goes over key concepts and theories of socialization. The article talks
about Cooley’s looking-glass self-concept. It states that “A person’s self grows out of society’s
interpersonal interactions and the perceptions of others.” It also talks about Meads theory. Mead’s
theory of social behaviorism explains how social experience develops an individual’s personality
and how Mead’s central concept is the self. The article also talks about different forms of
socialization, like group, gender and cultural socialization.
Ideal Society: 3 Common Errors People Make. (2018, January 22). Retrieved from
https://www.studentsforliberty.org/2018/01/21/20180121mistakes-ideal-society/
This article is very interesting. It highlights mistakes and misconceptions that people
make when thinking about an Ideal Society. First it talks about the “Unicorn Fallacy”. People
tend to imagine the government as a magical institution, with perfect capabilities to carry out the
corrective measures they themselves think up with. The deception from results in the people
looking over the fact that these institutions they idealize are going to be made up of normal
people who are not special in any way. Another topic the article discusses is called “Justice
Through Regulation and Redistribution”. It talks about how one of the main reasons people
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advocate and fight for state power over private property, is to facilitate multiple forms of
regulations and redistribution to get social justice. It mentions how people feel it is fair to use the
institution of government to favor special groups because they are considered disadvantaged.
The last misconception is “Free Markets Benefits Only the Rich”. It mentions that on an
average, nations with more protection of property rights, more labor freedom, more business and
financial freedom etc. tend to do better.
Richard. (2014, June 01). The debate about utopias from a sociological perspective.
Retrieved from https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/humfig/11217607.0003.203/--debate-about-utopias-
from-a-sociological-perspective?rgn=main;view
This article talks about a sociological perspective on utopias and utopian thinking. It
focuses on different assumptions from multiple theorists. The article talks about how sociologists
have shown how modern utopias disbelieve that society is flexible to civil control. Others have
compared and ideal society to the communist society of the Soviet Union. In the article it also talks
about doubts regarding the cognitive value of the results of an ideal society and utopia and warns
of the costs of striving to achieve the potentially unachievable.
What is a good society? (2019, March 21). Retrieved from https://lanekenworthy.net/what-
is-a-good-society/
This article starts off by the auther listing off his/her most important things needed for a
good or ideal society. The article talks about what order those needs should be based on importance,
and how it can vary from person to person. The article compares different institutions and what
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their views are on what is important in an ideal society. For example, The Declaration of
Independence prized “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” For the French Revolution it was
“liberty, equality, fraternity.” And Communitarians emphasize civic engagement and social
connections. It is interesting to see different social groups and their ideas of an ideal society and
how they are similar with slight differences. Maybe there is a possibility to create a good/ideal
society.
