SOCIOL 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Parental Leave, Unemployment Benefits
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Social policy, and the law mb - 137. Classes are podcasted, listen to them for review. Sociology: textbook- sociology is the systematic study of human behaviour in a social context. Teacher"s defi- connecting our ideas, feelings, behaviours, experiences, and relationships to our wider society (both local and global contexts, past and present. ) it is a way of understanding and contextualizing ones personal experiences. Sociologists use divergent theories and qualitative and quantitative methods to try to understand society. Social problems: is a social condition (such as poverty) or a pattern of behaviour (such as violence against women) that people believe warrants public concern and collective action to bring about change. Defined as social problems when they systematically disadvantage or harm a significant number of people. = challenges faced by canadians who provide care to children and other family members including aging parents and ill, injured, disabled, and dying family members.
