Sociology 2140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: The Sociological Imagination, Sociological Perspectives, Unintended Consequences

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2140
• Professor: Richard Sorrentino

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Chapter 1 taking a new look at social problems. Social problem: a social condition (poverty) or a patterned behaviour (violence against women) that people believe warrants public concern and collective action to bring about change. Systematically disadvantage or harm a significant number of people. Seen as harmful by many people who wield power, wealth and influence in a group/society. Social problems are social in their causes, consequences and possible sources of resolution. The dominant groups members are disproportionately at the top of the hierarchy with maximum access to the societies power resources (political authority and control over means of economic production) Subordinate groups power usually called the minority group. members, in relation to the dominant group, do not occupy such positions of. The sociological imagination c. wright mills: derived from max weber"s term verstehen meaning to see the world as others see it and to empathize with them.