SOC103H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Symbolic Interactionism, Auguste Comte, Empiricism
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Transfer individual problems to social phenomena, problems are shared. Main questions asked by someone who possesses the sociological imagination, according to c. w. Social structures of the sports football : administrators, coaches, parents, etc. Private troubles vs. pubic issues: put blame on themselves, on particular individuals rather than structural forces resulting it. I. e. unemployment not hired because im not good enough (private issue) If 1 person not hired, personal issue, but if 5,000 not hired, public issue i. e. mental health regardless of social status/poverty, more to do with stress, how society is structured. Social solidarity (intensely interact within a group, higher ss, less likely to commit suicide) Agency: power to act, individual more freely to act when without constraint to larger social structures. Norms behaviours and expectations, in a given social situation; differ from cultures and cultures, even within the culture depending on the social contexts (bar and school)
