SOC 203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: George Herbert Mead, Erving Goffman, Social Constructionism
15 Jul 2016
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Social problem: a social condition or pattern of behavior that is believed to warrant public concern and collective action: i. e. homeless people, sex workers, tax fraud, devil worship, process and as a condition. We need to understand the social problems and political controversies surrounding problems that are laying claim to our attention. Sociology helps us inform ourselves about current problems and their possible solutions make connections among problems and among levels of analysis in seeking answers to the problems that face ordinary canadians. Sociology has always been about social change, social conflict and social cohesion. Progress in industrialization and urbanization inventions and scientific discovery, and exposure to new and different ideas and values. Social life improved through systematic study of social issues applying knowledge, expelling ignorance, superstition, prejudice, and blind custom. Claims-making people try to capture attention and mobilize public opinions around particular problems and their solutions.
