Society & institutions
When is a personal choice also a social pattern?
The sociological imagination connects individual lives with history and social structure.
People & historyCategory
Society & institutions
Social patterns, research, communities, and the institutions people build.
Society & institutions
Can the same method give a consistent result?
Reliability concerns consistency; validity concerns whether a method measures what it claims.
Society & institutions
How a raised eyebrow can enforce a social rule
Approval and disapproval can shape behaviour without a written penalty.
Society & institutions
Having internet access is not the whole story
Digital participation depends on the quality of access and the ability to use it.
Society & institutions
What does functionalism ask about an institution?
It looks at how social practices contribute to the workings of a wider society.
Society & institutions
Why ask a question you cannot answer with a tick box?
Interviews let people explain their experiences in their own words.