SOC102H1 Chapter 1: Reading for Week 1. Book: Social Problems, Chapter: 1

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Social problem: a social condition or pattern of behaviour that is believed to warrant public concern and collection action. Social rallies don"t merely represent identities and personal interests; these are efforts to change broader social political and economic relationships. The terrain is full with actor and activists trying to influence our views and political lives. Sociology forces us to make connections among problems in seeking answer to the problems faced by canadians. Rise of sociology came with the rise of modern societies; and with the idea of progress", progress meant the possibility of social improvement or social amelioration. They believed social life could be imporoved by studying social issues, social research as diagnosing social problems and for inventing and evaluating solutions. Social conflict could be resolved in just ways. We want to take part in a struggle against theses social problems. Objective elements: measureable features of a negative social condition.

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