Understanding Social Problems, 5 th edition Theories in sociology provide us with different perspectives with which to view our social world. A perspective is simply a way of looking at the world. A theory is a set of interrelated propositions or principles designed to answer a question or explain a particular phenomenon; it provides us with a perspective. Sociological theories help us to explain and predict the social world in which we live.
Signed on June 28th 1919 as an end to the First World War, The Treaty of Versailles was supposed to ensure a lasting peace by punishing Germany and setting up a League of Nations to solve diplomatic problems.
While the Treaty of Versailles did not render World War II inevitable, it did hasten the conflict; the provisions caused German expansion, economic downfall and hyperinflation, and vulnerability of the German people that eventually led to the election of Hitler and the Fascist party.he Treaty of Versailles signified humiliating defeat for the Germans. As a country who had declared war on several powers, to lose the war and then be forced to pay for and sacrifice land to their enemies was a blow to the German pride.