Description
Analyze the article using the following questions as guidelines (again, be sure to illustrate using examples from the article but relying primarily on your own words):
d. Does this article present a sociological analysis? Why or why not? Does it use social research? Is it looking at social forces that influence a phenomenon?
e. Does it reflect what C. Wright Mills calls “sociological imagination”? Explain your response.
f. Which of the three theoretical paradigms we’ve studied - Conflict Theory, Functionalism Theory, Social Interactionism - seems to be the most influential in the author’s thinking?
g. What assumptions is the author making about the way the social world operates? Is it more conflict driven or more evolutionary? Who are the main social actors and who has power?
h. From a sociological perspective, what’s missing from the author’s analysis?
i. How might sociological methods and concepts help improve the author’s analysis and
conclusions?
Critique the article from a sociological perspective.