The Sociological Imagination, by C. Wright Mills, is the ability to connect personal problems with public issues. The sociological imagination, as Wright describes, is “a quality of mind that will help [journalists and scholars, artists and audiences, scientists and publishers] use information and develop reason to reach lucid summaries of what is happening in the world. world and what might happen” (Mills). This is exactly what Philippe Bourgois applies in his study of street drug dealers in his work entitled “In Search Of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio”. The sociological imagination is the awareness that the outcome is based on the things that individuals or society (as a whole) does. C. Wright Mills writes about how the values ​​we have shape us. Our private values ​​may differ from society's public values. However, by understanding the difference between our personal problems and public issues, we are able to change our perspective. Mills explains that “problems occur within the character of the individual and within his immediate relationships with others…A problem is a...