SOCS185N: Culture and Society

Tentative Title:

Sociological imagination.

Paragraph 2: Why sociological imagination helps understand the personal problem:

According to Mills, it enables the owner of the problem (unemployment) to connect the problem to public issue or historical occurrences.

Paragraph 1: What is sociological imagination:

Social imagination is using imaginative thoughts in asking and answering questions related to sociology.

Personal Problem being explored:

Unemployment.

Introduction:

Unemployment has an impact on the economy more, so it has an impact on the mental health of an individual, particularly the tendency to suicidal behavior.

Paragraph 3: Compare to sociological study of suicide:

Suicide is a result of different factors for example employment that is being discussed. Researchers have shown that about 20-30% of unemployment leads to suicide which is 45000 suicides a year out of 233000 deaths.

Summary:

Paying attention to the consequences of unemployment could produce long lasting solution.

Conclusion statement:

In conclusion social economic variables like unemployment contribute to suicide among the adults between 18-30 years.

Unemployment should therefore be the true risk factor of suicide.

References:

Mills, C. (2000). The sociological imagination. Oxford [England]: Oxford University Press.

Schaefer, R. (2005). Sociology. Boston: McGraw-Hill.

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