SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canada 2011 Census, The Sociological Imagination, Social Forces
4 Jan 2018
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Investigates the happenings of human society, how society operates. Shift perspectives from personal to social to see their interconnections. A concept, abstract idea to describe things we cannot see. A set of social forces exerted by people over one another and themselves and over each other to encourage particular behaviors. Sociology identifies, explains, and challenges these forces (economy, war, 2008 american economy crash) Example: war, economy/poverty, outcomes of divorce due to changes in social forces, gender. Personal troubles vs. social issues: wright mills (1959) Definition: type of thinking that connects social forces to individuals lives. Individual experiences are connected to the workings of society. Examples of it at work: unemployment rates, economy not providing enough job opportunities. Social forces and the 2011 canadian census on education. All of these people have made personal choices, but choices have been shaped by notions which dictate jobs that are masculine and feminine.
