SYG 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Inequality, Minority Group, Eurocentrism
Document Summary
Sociological imagination a point of view that highlights how society affects the experiences we have and the choices we make. Sociology the systematic study of human societies. Society people who live within some territory and share many patterns of behavior. Culture a way of life including widespread values, beliefs, and behavior. Social problem a condition that undermines the well-being of some or all members of a society and is usually a matter of public controversy. Constructionist the assertion that social problems arise as people define conditions as undesirable and in need of change. Objectivist define social problems as assumed to exist independently of public awareness or social concern and identified as harmful to human well-being. A significant number of people mixed. A measurably harmful condition in society that people are concerned about and want changed. A number of significant people and a significant number of people claims making.
