Explain the ideas of 'social construction' and the 'sociological imagination' and apply them to how unemployment is commonly understood as a social problem in Australian society

Following from step 1. Continue with the question that you have picked from the below list of questions and that you have received feedback on from your essay plan. Incorporate the feedback from your tutor into your full essay. Please note, you are NOT allowed to change your question at this point. Your essay must be on the same question that you wrote your essay plan on. Suggested academic resources will be detailed on Vuws in the assessment tab for each question. You MAY make reference (i.e. mention the articles and/or books in the body of the text) to these resources within this assessment. In total you should use 6-10 academic resources for this assessment. This means you will need to do some research for this assessment. You can find further academic resources through the library resources (online or hard copy) or through scholar.google.com (DO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA OR GOOGLE OR SPARK NOTES, ETC) 1. Explain the ideas of 'social construction' and the 'sociological imagination' and apply them to how unemployment is commonly understood as a social problem in Australian society. 2. Explain functionalism and symbolic interactionism and outline how they understand deviance differently. Illustrate your points with examples drawn from Australian society. 3. Explain what the main differences are between how a conflict theorist and functionalist theorist would understand class inequality in Australian society. 4. Explain how Max Weber defines bureaucracy and outline the societal functions and dysfunctions of bureaucracies. Details This assignment must be submitted online via Turnitin only (i.e. no hard copies). Assignments will be marked online and returned to students via vUWS My Grades. Do not submit a Cover Sheet with your assignment. By submitting your assignment to Turnitin you will be certifying that: • I hold a copy of this assignment if the original is lost or damaged; • No part of this assignment has been copied from any other student’s work or from any other source except where due acknowledgement is made in the assignment; • No part of the assignment has been written for me by any other person/s; • I have complied with the specified word length for this assignment; • I am aware that this work may be reproduced and submitted to plagiarism detection software programs for the purpose of detecting possible plagiarism (which may retain a copy on its database for future plagiarism checking). Marking Criteria Marking Criteria and Standards Your essay will be assessed on the criteria of: • critical assessment of issues • critical understanding of the sociological issues involved • synthesis and mastery of material • writing standard (including spelling, grammar and expression) • presentation (including adequate and appropriate referencing of sources) You should construct your assignment so that all the assessment criteria are adequately covered. The assessment criteria are intended as indicators only, and they are not added up to make your final mark. Further, the categories are not equally important. 101551 UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY AUTUMN 2018 Answers the question and incorporation of feedback from essay plan The essay should demonstrate your capacity to develop a sociological argument in response to the question. Your material must be relevant to the question and draw on the themes and issues of the course. Make sure to incorporate the feedback from your essay plan into the full essay. Conceptual Understanding Make sure you demonstrate that you understand the central concepts used. You can do this either by giving definitions (do this only with difficult or very important technical words) or by using the concepts in such a way that demonstrates that you know what they mean. Make sure you talk about these concepts in tutorials - ask if they mean what you think they mean. Content Read and refer to relevant material in the subject outline. Lectures, tutorials and general sociology sources should also guide you to relevant issues and readings. You may need to search the library or the Internet for extra references. Makes sure that the points you make are relevant and illustrate the argument of your essay. Structure The essay should be clearly organised so that it develops an argument. You must have an introductory paragraph that states the aim of the essay and outlines the structure of the argument. The points made in one paragraph should follow on from the previous paragraph and lead into the next one. You should have a conclusion that summarises your main points. Expression Clear expression is an important part of a clear argument. Attention to grammar, syntax and style will assist in clarifying what you are endeavouring to say to the reader. Try reading it aloud or ask someone to read it for you. Spelling and punctuation are also important; you should use a dictionary (and your spell check) regularly. Referencing Use the Harvard system of referencing as described in the Student Handbook. Plagiarism is a punishable offence; reference both direct quotes and when you use other people’s ideas. You also must have a bibliography (or Reference List) Research Search the library or the Internet for extra references. (Avoid google or wikipedia, make use of scholar.google and the various e-resources the library holds). Originality Go further than the lecture. Presentation You must have a 4cm left margin and use a 12 point font with double spacing or at least one and a half spacing. Number the pages and provide an approximate word count. Essays must be typed