SOCL 2001 Chapter : Ch 1 Outline 1
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Sociologists seek to reveal the full extent of our interdependence (2) Sociology is: the systematic study of the relationship between the individual and society and of the consequences of difference. Institutions, social patterns, society/historical: umbrella over a stick figure. The sociological imagination calls us to also consider the role larger social forces may play [when explaining why people think and act the way they do] (3) Welfare example: a socialist would ask questions that call attention to the larger social problem, they will look at patterns between race, income, social background, locations, ect. If a person is unemployed, one can start with a private trouble. Habitually late and they like to party. Minorities are way less likely to get a job. Social pattern & unemployment rate based on location (race) Some key positional categories: (social location variables)- all these things locate you in society.
