Social Action vs. Social Structure - Are people the Puppets of Society?
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Social Action vs. Social Structure - Are people the "Puppets of Society?" Do we control the social system or does it control us? Society is said to mould its individuals, but to what extent? A way to examine this statement is to use the theme of unemployment. The unemployed are in a vicious circle of financial problems: they can't get a job because they haven't got the training. They can't get the training because they have no money; therefore they need a job to get money to get training to get a job. Possibly the system can be called unfair, it is a fair comment, but it can be taken back to the individuals school life. They could have been a mis-behaving student in a low set, or a mis-behaving student who is very able, yet due to their behaviour failed certain tests (i.e. 11+) and was sent to a secondary modern...


