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According to Sociologist, C.Wright Mills, people oftyen believe that their private lives can only be explained in terms of their personal successes and failures .They fail to see the links between their own individual life and the society around them . The process of interpreting your individual life in the context of your community or the society in which you live is called '' Sociological Imagination'' Use your sociological to discuss the unbreakable connection between individual experiences and the social impact of:

Living in poverty and the broader issue of poverty in society.

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Applying sociological imagination, this solution discusses the unbreakable connection between individual experiences and the social impact of living in poverty and the broader issue of poverty in society. Supplemented with an article on poverty and social problems.

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