Summary: Sociological Imagination

However these decisions were obviously based on the social circumstances that were happening at that time, also the event was not caused solely by the actions of one period, but a build-up of personal and social issues throughout history. The Queen back in 2008 asked London School of Economics, how they didn’t foresee the crisis and its severity. The reason given was "At every stage, someone was relying on somebody else and everyone thought they were doing the right thing." (Professor Luis Garicano). They believed to be doing the right thing because they were following theories and models that had been used throughout history.

Sociological Imagination can be best illustrated by looking at other examples

The Greek referendum crisis is another
sociology imagination situation, where it can be used to understand how the results and rallies came about. Demonstrations, rallies, protests and participation through social media happened as a result of an upcoming referendum. This is a good example of sociology imagination. The citizens took part in these actions as they hope that as a group, as a society, social outcomes can be achieved in their interest. Another reason they done this through sociologically thinking, The things we do are shaped by: the situation we are in, the social