Read from Prologue to end of Chapter 1 (Business of Owning the City) from the book (Evicted by Matthew Desmond) and think about the following questions and answer by writing 2-3 pages using your sociological imagination. Please consider context, biography, history, culture, economic situations etc… (NOT random thoughts). Answers cannot rooted in just one individual case.
– While the stories are about specific individuals and families, how would you explain the relationship between tenants and landlords using your sociological imagination? (Think about the larger issues at play, the history of the city, the specific issues that tenants might have experienced in their lives). Is this relationship based on particular power dynamics? If yes, how do they operate? Be critical…
