Understanding Society: Social Constructionism and Sociological Imagination in the Context of Unemployment

This article discusses the role of social constructionism and sociological imagination in understanding the problem of unemployment. It explores how personal and societal factors affect the perception of joblessness and how the two concepts are interrelated.

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The unemployment problem is one of the major issues that plagues the world and in this
context there is a growing need in the society about the perception of the individual self in
relation to the different aspects of the understanding of the individuals by the general population
in the society. The different situational issues that present themselves in the society leading to
unemployment are discussed in the light of Social constructionism an the social imagination.
Social constructionism began as an undertaking to manage the possibility of reality. In
attempting to comprehend the social world, social constructionists consider figuring out how to
be created rather than made. Constructionists believe that the truth and learning are not
structured by the brains and argue that the view of being a functionalist is not in conflict with
being a constructionist. It can be accepted that the topics are worked as opposed to establish yet
keep up that they relate to something confirmed on the planet. The truth is socially depicted
however the reality depends on the subjective experiences of life, the perception of the world as
an entity rather than exploring the world. A sweeping piece of the known knowledge and the vast
majority of the understanding that is done is worried over trying to understand the experiences of
being a human, instead of focusing on learning processes. People or groups of people are the
examples of these scenarios. It is this type of constructionism which is unconcerned with
ontological demand or demand of causation. It legalizes improving this, since a considerable
measure of the reactions of constructionism ascend out of crediting cases to it made past this
social energy about the world. Social constructionism perceives that there is a goal reality. It is
worried over how learning is delivered and acknowledged. It has thusly an epistemological not
an ontological point of view. Reactions and error rise when this focal conviction is puzzled. This
is most clear in judicious talks and reactions including validness and relativism.

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The sociological innovative essentialness is fundamentally the show of being able to
"think ourselves away" from the unmistakable timetables of our well-ordered lives recalling a
definitive goal to take a gander at them with new, central eyes (Germov and Poole 2011). C.
Wright Mills, the formulator of the idea and the writer of the book on the topic, portrayed the
sociological creative limit as "the hitting acknowledgment with the relationship among encounter
and the more wide society." The sociological inventive limit is the capacity to see things in
relation to the society and how they affect each other. To have a sociological creative
imperativeness, a man must be able to pull far from the condition and think from an elective
perspective. This farthest point is basic to one's difference in a sociological viewpoint on the
world. Singular bothers are private issues experienced inside the character of the individual and
the extent of their nearby association with others. Production lines recognized the way that
individuals work in their own lives as performing specialists and on-screen characters who settle
on choices about our colleagues, family, social affairs, work, school, and distinctive issues inside
our control. The general population have a level of effect in the consequence of issues inside the
individual level. Greater social or open issues are those that lie past ones near and dear control
and the extent of one's inward life. These identify with society's affiliations and methodology;
further, these are set up in general society eye rather than in the individual. The nation over,
understudies come to class as first year initiates not all around organized to grasp the rigors of
school life. They haven't routinely been adequately tried in optional school to roll out the
fundamental improvements required to win as students. The veritable vitality of the sociological
innovative capacity is found by the way one make sense of how to perceive the individual and
social levels in our own specific lives. One can settle on singular choices that serve us best, given
the greater social powers that individuals stand up to. Max Weber in his talk on administration

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clarifies the significance of building a general public free of preference for the general
advancement of the public (Western and Baxter 2015). The social part of his philosophy
expresses that every last individual has a privilege to land a position to maintain themselves in
light of their proficiencies.
The social constructionism has a major role to play in the overall development of the
individuals in the society. There are a number of ways in which the social interaction among the
individuals is affected by the social imagination and social constructivism. The two concept
which seem aloof from each other have a cause-effect relationship among themselves and
various causal issues are affected by the conversion dynamics between these relationships. The
social construction and the development of the human mind helps in the individual to
understand, comprehend and form an opinion about the social problem they face in the society.
The problem of unemployment is one of the major problems faced by any individual in the world
(Germov and Poole 2015). The lack of employment and the individual perception of its cause
may be the result of the individual decisions regarding the different aspects and the relational
scenarios. The major cause of the different situational factors affecting the probability of an
individual being employed in the country is affected by the personal strengths and the
weaknesses of the individual and the social imagination and social construction of the individual
psychology of the people. The unemployment in the case of the social consructivism may be
argued as the person’s personal opinion of not being able to earn a living. The subjective idea of
joblessness in Australia is aided by the fact that the employment rate is constantly fluctuating in
the market. The job scenarios are also a factor in the unemployment debate as a person who is
overqualified but has to work for a lower paid job they might not take it but nevertheless they
consider themselves unemployed despite the opportunity they have. The concept of

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unemployment despite the employment opportunities being there may therefore be a result of the
mental construct of the individual in this context (Henslin 2014).
The social imagination of the individual with the overall mental construction of the
different aspects relating to the different situational factor affecting the thinking process of the
individuals in the society. The social imagination of the individuals will help in identifying with
problems with the different situational scenarios that they face in the overall environment in the
country. The unemployment conditions in the country is affected by the psychosocial
construction of the society according to the individuals. It is seen that the unemployement issues
are seen as a problems by the general population which affects the overall perception of
unemployment in country. The perception of the joblessness in the society is often relative to the
subjective opinion to it. The unemployment of the country is about 5% therefore it cannot be
seen as the result of the social or the organizational weakness of the government but can be
rather seen as the individual flaw of the participants. There may be a number of flaws that make
the person incapable of performing the different actions in the society. These inabilities may lead
to their joblessness despite the job being there in the market. One of the major factors affecting
the overall performance of the individuals in the society is often the resultant of the different
factors leading to the perception of the unemployment in the country (VanKriken et al. 2013).
These factors affecting the individual perception causes the general population to believe that
they are not getting the jobs in the country despite their competencies. The unemployment
prevalent in the country is subject to the different factors affecting the overall performance of the
individuals in the society. The different aspects relating to the various situational and the societal
scenarios affecting the performance of the individuals leads to the problem of unemployment.

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Therefore, it can be concluded that the various factors relating to the different social
constructs in the minds of the individuals. Concept of the unemployment prevalent in the
Australian society can therefore be attributed to the different factors stating the situational
scenarios that lead to the unemployment. In the overall assessment it is seen that the concept of
unemployment in the society may be the result of the deferent sociological issues faced by the
individual while the sociological imagination of the issue states that the society and its overall
situational assessment show that the overall unemployment problems are to less to be taken in
the purview of the sociological issue or a drawback. The situation on the other hand shows that
the different problems faced by the individuals are a result of a number of different internal flaws
of the individuals which make them unfit for a job.

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