Question

Sociology takes a different approach, as it stresses that individual problems are often rooted in problems stemming from aspects of ___________. This key insight informed C. Wright Mills (1959) (Mills, 1959) classic distinction between personal troubles and public issues. Personal troubles refer to a problem affecting individuals that the affected individual, as well as other members of society, typically blame on the individual’s own personal and moral failings.

Answer 1

society itself

Step-by-step explanation:

Sociology studies society, the patterns which are seen in social relationships, social interactions and culture.

The statement here has been derived from the text of the "The Sociological Imagination" a book written by C. Wright Mills in 1959. The approach to sociology described by the author goes against the structural functionalist approach to sociology.