SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Menopause, Bowls, The Sociological Imagination
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The sociological imagination translate personal troubles into public issues understand how life chances are affected by broader social forces. Social structure where you were born in structure of society class? rich/poor race gender: biography (of individual) time we"re born health: genetic inheritance energy level. Concept cohort: set of people born at the same time experience similar things at the same age especially teen years. 20 something know nothing generation with pr problem i. e. antagonistic terms. 2 major differences between baby boom and gen x cohorts time born (history) affects opportunities size of the cohort (social structure) demographic bulge. Cohort effects: generation x family not binding ties more absent parents. Cohort effects 2 economic outlook jobs plentiful people didn"t worry more concerned with jobs service industry come in. Cohort effects 3 politics, culture became self-conscious. New impacts of baby boom? plastic surgery concern with menopause gardening bowling (lawn bowling)
