Social Problem Inequality Paper

This assignment, Project 2, addresses course outcomes 1, 3, and 4. This assignment will require you to think about key sociological concepts, such as race, gender, social class and the social construction of reality. You will need to think about social institutions such as the economy and education using the sociological perspective. Finally, you will begin to understand how sociological knowledge influences the way you interpret the world. As this course instructs, Sociologists collect data to determine how society as a whole actually works. In this assignment, you will write as a sociologist and discuss the data that you have collected thus far and the conclusions that you have drawn on a social problem. You will pick a topic from the list below. For the topic you have selected, you will explore how sociological terms and concepts can help you analyze the social problem and its significance to the broader society.

Next, you should choose one subject area from this list of topics:

Inequality

Hunger

Access to Education

Poverty

Racism

Gender dynamics

Internet and socialization

Please write an approximately 750 word research paper (3 pages of double-spaced, 12-point font of text) addressing the following question prompts.  A references list should make up an additional page.

Define and summarize the social problem you have selected from the list.

Using the information that you have learned across this term and a minimum of three academic resources, explain

How this problem socially constructed, remembering that even artificial constructs can be real in their consequences?

What theoretical perspective from class best explains your social problem? What cannot be answered by this perspective?

Apply sociological terms or concepts contribute to a deeper understanding of this topic.

Based on your research, propose a method for addressing this problem.