Question

1. Sociology:

a) Differentiate between sociological issues and social issues
b) Give 5 to 7 examples of sociological issues.
c) Write a brief summary of at least 5 sociological issues.

Answer 1

a. A sociological issue is a macro perspective which consists of different dimensions of the society .Sociological problem affects all the strats dimensions of the society .It is also not tangible in nature .Sociological issues or problems are the problems in the community for which an explanation is needed. On the other hand social problem is something which is more tangible and and is present on the surface and is not deep rooted .We can take example of an individual who is physically diabled .He faces disriminaton , lack of accessibility .These are the social problem. From a sociological perspective the issue is why discriination is happening , why the societal construct towards the physically disbaled individuals is like this .

b.So the sociological issues involves the issues which are deep rooted and effect at all the three level of the society

• Poverty  
• Racism
• Gender discrimination
• Social inequality
• Migration
• Communalism

C. Poverty - IIn very simple terms poverty is not able to afford the basic amenities of everyday life. It is a sociological issue as it gives rise to larger social problems such as disrimination on the basis of wealth , Lack of employment opportunities , poor health status etc .

Racism- It can be defined as prejudicial or discriminatory behaviour towards a specific ethnicity , caste or race . This also relsuts in large numebr of other soical problems such as discrimination at work places , explotioan of mniotries or specif ethninc groups .

Gender discrimiantion - It can defined as disnrimination on the basis of gender. at present it can be seen every statta of the society .Most commpny discimniatd genders are Women and the LGBTQ community .There are numebr of soical ocnrtucts that leat do this .For example the heteronormative perspective of the osicety .

Social inequality - This means inequality in the society on the basis of societal structure .This involves class , race and other factors also . We can see it in day life where certain individuals belonging to a certain social class are discriminated against .This widens the gaps in the society in relation to wages , employment opportunities , access to services and many other things .

Migration - This is also a large sociological issue happening around the world where people are migrating from different countries to other parts of the world for various reasons .This include due to conflict , work related issues , or communal violence .