Description
*Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapter 1
- Instructions
The textbook readings for Weeks 1 and 2 explore social forces that can affect the seemingly private act of suicide. For this assignment, conduct scholarly research on a different private or individualistic act that could be regarded as a broader social problem or social issue, something other than suicide. You may choose one of the following or a topic of your own: - Homelessness
Veteran homelessness
Domestic violence
Addiction
Obesity
In an essay, address the following:
Thoroughly explain what the sociological imagination is
- Thoroughly examine how and why the sociological imagination helps understand the personal problem you chose as your topic for this essay
- Compare and contrast the outside research you find on your topic with the textbook’s descriptions of sociological studies of suicide, specifically.