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with the most opportunities to pursue a career. Sociology is the study of how people interact in groups in society. It is through the study of sociology that the true scientific study of society and its social influence on people…

immediate and concrete findings of hands-on experiments, but had little patience for tasks that did not allow me to physically engage with my work. Years later, I have come to appreciate the importance social science plays in understanding and advancing some of the most critical issues of our time – social mobility,…

has developed extremely in the last 30 years. However, many countries including the mainland of China are facing the challenge of high youth unemployment. The Social Science institution of the Chinese Academy argues that the youth unemployment will have social, political and economic impacts on all aspects of the country (The Social Science institution of Chinese Academy. N.B). This essay will discuss the major reason, which causes the high youth unemployment from two aspects, economic…

structural functionalist. From Browns point of view social phenomena have important functions beyond the obvious or manifest functions. The manifest function is the intended result for a social practice, like a graduation ceremony in a modern high school. For Brown it is more important to look at these social phenomena for there latent or unintended consequences. This perspective differs among strong and weak functionalist as to whether or not all social phenomena are beneficial. Browns…

research, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, three sociological theories have stood the test of time. These dominant theories are, the Structural-Functional Approach, the Social-Conflict Approach and the Symbolic-Interaction Approach. “Each sociological theory presented has a unique way of explaining social behaviour in the real world”. (Thiessen, 2017) These theories have all been developed by good sociologists; sociologists who remain objective and unbiased while collecting…

Sociologist often use the most three important theoretical approaches, structural-functional approach, the social-conflict approach, and the symbolic-interaction approach. These three approaches majorly contribute to the understanding of how our society works. Sociologist also apply these three theoretical approaches to how families function and their operations. Structural-functional approach and social-conflict approach are on the macro-level of analysis, while symbolic-interaction approach is…

Introduction I am going to look at the connection between how a personal trouble is the result of a bigger public social issue based on C. Wright Mills’ notion of the sociological imagination. He described how the relationship between “personal troubles” and “public issues” is essential in understanding his notion of sociological imagination. For Mills, “the individual and the social are inextricably linked and we cannot fully understand one without the other” (Page 1, The Sociological…

causes a cessation of norms and a collective consciousness between different groups within society. This causes the ideals of community and social restraint to weaken, leading to chaos and anomie (Emile Durkheim's Theories: Functionalism, Anomie and Division of Labor). Anomie is defined as a lack of moral regulation; absence of norms or stablished standards; social upheaval. This Durkheimian theory helpful in explaining deviant behavior and…

Being Socially Imaginative The Sociological Imagination is the concept by C. Wright Mills, and it expands on the notion that sociology has a role in everyday life. Another way of seeing it is expanding one's view from their own lives to a broader spectrum of society. Two of Mills’ methods for cultivating a sociological imagination include thinking historically and thinking across kinds of sources, although Mills recommended avoiding using only one method since it could lead to biased results.…

As mentioned in the present chapter, symbolic interactionism is an important theory in sociology that examines “how we [as humans] construct meanings, how we use symbols to communicate with one another and how symbols are the foundation of our world” (Henslin, 2012). In the field of sociology this theory consists of three fundamental themes –“humans have a self,” “people construct meanings, and act on the basis of those meanings” and “people take into account the possible reactions of others”…