A-Level Sociology (AQA)

Topic Summaries

Sociological perspectives

Social action theory

  • Social action theory: combines structure and agency
    • 👤 Weber (1949): emphasised Verstehen (understanding social action from the actor’s perspective), and believed class, status, and power to be distinct but interconnected.
    • 👤 Mead (1934): the self is formed through interaction and symbolic communication.
      • Downplays structural inequality

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