SOCI 205 Study Guide - Atlantic Canada, Race Matters, First Nations
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I have put a * in front of an important concept that was on my midterm! The canadian charter or rights and freedom (1982/84: section 15 is both personal and institutional level. Racism is not accepted! (but it does exist) *what is the sociological imagination: *c. wright mills coined it in 1959, we need it to see past the private trouble, it"s *private trouble vs. *social issue, *private trouble. Ex: not getting into uni because your grade isn"t high enough: social issue: Ex: 10% or canadians can"t get a job: there are three parts to the sociological imagination: Structure of society: education, politic, region structures, ex: education is related to economy. Patterns of social change: we take society for granted, but it has changed a lot over the years to become this way. It is this way because it serves the citizens interests: ex: law is used to gaurntee the interest of marginalised.
