Write a sociological reflection on a social problem using a concept or idea that you learned in this class.
Feel free to organize your writing in the following order:
- Identify and describe a social problem that you learned about it in the news or that is occurring in the community in which you live.
- Briefly discuss why you consider that the ‘social problem’ you have chosen is in fact a social problem and why is important that institutions and communities become aware of it. You are strongly encouraged to use the sociological criteria discussed in the session on social problems and the sociological imagination ideas discussed in the first class.
- Chose a concept (or an idea) discussed in the readings (or in the video lectures) that you consider relevant or useful to analyze the social problem you have chosen.
- Briefly provide a description of your chosen sociological concept or idea and reflect on why you think that concept is useful to write your reflection.
- Write a research question and develop, on max. 3 pages, a sociological answer to it. Identify and develop your argument within the text.
- In your conclusions include a brief statement about how the social problem that you analyzed can be changed in the benefit of the affected communities.
