understanding social problems Flashcards
what is a personal problem
causes and solutions lie within the individual and their immediate environment
what is a social problem
causes and solutions lie outside the individual and their immediate environment
what are solutions to personal problems
individual strategies
what are solutions to social problems
collective action
what is structural functionalism
focuses on social systems and the way in which their interdependent parts maintain order
what is conflict theory
focuses on the contradictory interests of groups, inequalities in society and the resulting conflict and change
symbolic interactionism
this focuses on the interactions between individuals and the ways in which social life is constructed through interaction
what are the three theoretical perspectives in sociology
structural functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism
what are the levels of social problems
individual, group, societal, and global levels