General Knowledge Flashcards
Charles Wright Mills Sociological Imagination
Historical Factors
How have past events influenced the present?
Charles Wright Mills Sociological Imagination
Cultural factors
What influence do tradition, cultural values, and particular belief systems have on our behaviour and social interactions?
Charles Wright Mills Sociological Imagination
Structural Factors
How do various forms of social organisation and social institutions affect our lives? How do these vary over time and between countries and regions?
Charles Wright Mills Sociological Imagination
Critical Factors
Why are things as they are? How could they be otherwise? Who benefits and who is disadvantaged by the status quo? What ‘alternative futures’ are possible? How do sociological insights relate to our own life experiences?
