Notes: applied sociology, the use of sociological theory, research, and methodologies to find solutions
– Max Weber wrote about these social changes and described them as the process of the rationalization of society, the replacement of traditional values and personal connections with bureaucracy, efficiency, and a means-end approach.
social problems, the societal conditions that harm segments of society,
sociological imagination, the ability to see the details of our own lives in the context of larger social structures as opposed to merely personal choices or personal troubles
anomie, the breakdown of social values, norms, and order resulting in social instability; Anomie occurs when there is a lack of social control and regulation due to the deterioration of the connection between the individual and society; it is what individuals experience when society seems in disarray