Social-World Process

The s I have been reading some models of group process lately. I discover lots of similarities between Strauss’s social world process of segmentation, intersection, and legitimation and those models; for example, both of them talk about the conflicts, negotiation, and powers and the influences. Of course, there are some levels of differences too. Besides the use of different terminologies, Strauss tends to look at the mankind as a whole; I will say it’s a more macro level of looking at the society. Those models that I have been reading are tying to look at the specific periods of time or purposes and find out potential factors influencing the process. Even though a small group is just a little tiny form of society, but according to Strauss, there are no boundaries. Moreover, people all have multiple memberships which might be different levels from peripheral to intense. Since it’s difficult to cover everything, I believe studying a small group process and just look at how one membership is built will be a good start before looking at the social world.