Influence of culture on emotions and communication styles

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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This paper explores the possibility and the extent of culture's influence on the communication process and styles. Communication is the process through which individuals share ideas and information. Its effectiveness is gauged on the level of understanding by the receiver. Such sharing of ideas and information may be explicit/precise or requiring the receiver to infer/deduce the meaning from the 'not conclusive' message that is passed. The parties ...

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Social Cohesion And Quality Life

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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In the last few decades, quality of life has replaced the idea of wealth as the dominant goal of societal development. In opposition to the individual-centered perspective of societal development, several other welfare concepts emerged which put the focus on the aspects concerning societal qualities such as the extent of equality, security or freedom, or the quality and structure of the social relations within a society. Among ...

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Inequality Gender Stereotyping In Hong Kong

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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According to the Women's Commission (Woc) Survey on Community Perception of Gender Issues (2009), it finds that gender stereotyping is still prevalent in Hong Kong and gender inequality still persists in society. Moreover, the Chairperson Ms Sophia Kao also said "The survey findings reflect that the concept that 'women are to take care of the family while men are to work outside' is still deep rooted in ...

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The theoretical perspectives in sociology

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Sociology is the scientific study of society and human behavior. Webster's Dictionary defines a perspective as a "view of things in their true relationship or importance". Therefore, the sociological perspective provides viewpoints used to look at human behaviors and interactions as they relate to individuals and groups within a society. The sociological perspective stresses that to understand humans, not what is inside of them, but instead the ...

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Modern society in the UK and Saudi Arabia

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Modern society has many definitions and this essay will introduce one of them, It is a society indicated that same modern about a basis of age, or technological and social or indeed anything else. Moreover, is the modern period of the developed world different to that of the less developed world .(Llexperts) Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom have similarities in modern society such as the Monarchy ...

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Cultural Aspects Of The Amish Society

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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The Amish originated in Switzerland but is now culturally centered in the States and Canada. The Amish are called the Old Order Amish or Pennsylvania Dutch. The religion is strict in the teaching of separation from the world and a tightly knit community. The doctrine that the Amish follow teaches farming and simplicity. Because of this simplicity, the Amish are now allowed to have electricity, own cars, ...

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The Concept Of Banal Nationalism

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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I will begin this essay with introducing some sociologists' view on nationalism. Ronald Rogowski (1985 cited in Billig, 1995:43) viewed 'nationalism as "the striving" by members of nations "for territorial autonomy, unity and independence"'. Anthony Giddens mentioned nationalism as a 'phenomenon which is primarily psychological' (1985, p.116; see also Giddens, 1987, p.178 cited in Billig, 1995:44). According to his view, nationalism happens when normal life is disturbed ...

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Limit Of Human Rights In Africa

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Culture, Gender, and Religion at the Limit of Human Rights in Africa. The essay will focus on how culture, gender and religion limits human rights in Africa and how the three come into conflict which leads to discursively construct each other via cultural. It will also cover the potential and limitations of the women's rights as human rights in which, attension will be paid to Islamic law-sharia and ...

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The Single Child Policy In China

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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In 1978-1979 the Chinese government installed an ambitious program of market reform following the economic stagnation of Cultural Revolution. In mid 70-80 china was home of quarter of the world's population who were having just 7% of world land. More than two third of the population were under the age of 30 years. The baby boomers of the year 1950-1960 were entering their reproductive years. So it ...

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The Social Problem Of Prostitution

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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Prepare a discussion of at least four substantial paragraphs answering the questions that follow. Use at least one source beyond the course text that supports your position (remember to cite your source in APA style). Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings. What would be the consequences for society if we could effectively halt the practice of prostitution? Should we do this even if ...

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Women In Work Place: Challenges And Achievements

23 Mar 2015 02 May 2017

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When managing diversity is said, we may think of ethnicity, origin of race, and may be gender or other factors; however, diversity meanings are much broader than that. Diversity is generally defined as acknowledging, understanding, accepting, valuing, and celebrating differences among people with respect to age, class, ethnicity, gender, physical and mental ability, race, sexual orientation, spiritual practice, and public assistance status (Esty, et al., 1995). Diversity ...

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Post modernism and our contemporary social work understanding

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Drawing on material from the module, critically discuss the extent to which theories relating to post modernism inform our understanding of an aspect or aspects of contemporary social work. Theories of postmodernism have gathered pace across all aspect of social theory. This is often referred to as the postmodern 'turn' (Best and Kellner, 1997). The emergence of the modern/postmodern debate in response to economic, social and cultural ...

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Effects of family arrangements on child development

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Describe cultural variations in family arrangements and critically examine psychological research on the effects of these family arrangements on children's development. Marriage is the basis of households that are formed; a neolocal household consists of a married couple creating a new home. One main family type arrangement is the nuclear family. Lee (1987) this arrangement consists of three main positions. The members being within the household sets ...

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Examining media representation of mental disorders

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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In the following assignment we will discuss the way of media representation of mental disorder. Additionally, a brief description of the film Me, Myself & Irene will take place in order to understand how the media misrepresent mental disorder. Furthermore, we will try show the real relationship between violence and mental disorder and thus, how accurate are media portrayals of this mental health problem. Ultimately, we will ...

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Social construction of male and female identities

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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To understand gender analysis in a historic context, it will be important to start off by defining what gender is and gender analysis. Gender refers to the social construction of male and female identities. It is more than the biological make up of the two sexes. It deals with how the differences between men and women, whether real or imagined, are valued, used and relied upon to ...

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The significance of the social classes concept

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Andersen & Taylor (2007) define class mobility as the movement between different classes. This type of mobility can either be downward or upward in nature. Social classes are cultural or economical arrangements of groups within a society. Class becomes a very crucial object that political scientists, sociologists, economists, social historians, and anthropologists use for their various analysis purposes. Within social sciences, the social class is usually talked ...

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Is The Highrise Residential Building Suitable Socially?

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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The high rise allows one to house huge numbers of people in single edifices, allowing one to treat town-planning on a large-scale. (Aregger & Glaus, 1967, 27). The highrise is "a means of organizing the shambles of a huge city without increasing its spread, of improving living conditions and traffic flow, and creating open spaces for recreation at the same time. (Aregger & Glaus, 1967, 33). Moreover, ...

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The impact of culture on economic behaviour

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Most modern neoclassical economists have ignored the important role played by culture in explaining fluctuations in economic behaviour, hence, they were more concerned about economic variable such prices, output, interest rate etc. However, culture (values, norms, believes and religions) have a profound influence on economic behaviour (Hogeland 2003:2). In contrast those interested in the matter, consider that culture explain differences in economic outcomes however, they face challenges ...

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The Disability Representation In The Media

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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My personal reasons for choosing this dissertation topic stem from an interest in how media representations shape the attitudes of wider society. I feel it is important to note that I am writing as a non-disabled student with the view that disability studies and research should not just be the interests of disabled people. Issues of inequality and social injustice need to be considered by all members ...

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Factors that contribute to quality of life

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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A report by Garavan, Winder and McGee (2001) Health and Social Services for Older People, Consulting Older People on Health and Social Services: A Survey of Use, Experiences and Needs concluded within its findings that older women viewed that they had a low quality of life. Stuart-Hamilton (2000) states that an element within the ageing concept is that men for varying reasons die at a greater rate ...

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How The Family Life Is Changing

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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How much is family life changing? In one of the BBC articles written by Mark Easton in 2007, he highlights that in a survey which is made by BBC, three quarters of Britain are positive about future of their family. Correlatively, it is deduced that 40 years ago people were less happy than now. When the BBC exhibited its research of families in Britain, the result demonstrated ...

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Analysis Of China's One Child Policy

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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During the mid 1900s, China's population was growing at an alarming rate, increasing by at least 2 or more percent each year (Potts 2006:361). Estimated to reach 1.3 billion by the year 2000, Chinese government officials were worried that such extreme growth would serve to harm the potential for future economic growth. Even maintaining acceptable living standards was becoming difficult, with much of the population living in ...

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Role Of Womens Rights In Afghanistan

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Do you think that Afghan nation from the outset needs only men to serve it? Before Islam, women were treated like slaves or property. Their personal consent concerning anything related to their well-being was considered unimportant, to such a degree that they were never even treated as a party to a marriage contract. Women were used for one purpose, and then discarded. They had no independence, could ...

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The Effect Of Race On Poverty

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Racism has existed throughout human history, and it continues to represent significant problems for many people in the United States today. Racism is the belief that one's race is primarily, the determining factor that reflects human traits and capacity. Racist ideology generally supports the premise that a particular race is either superior or inferior to another, and that a person's social and moral traits are predetermined by ...

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Stereotypes of gender and female employment

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Gender stereotypes are associated with the phenomenon of female employment in specific job types. This paper in general looks at the nature of stereotyping. Many researchers have documented this issue in their works and hence this paper goes a mile to look at this phenomenon of stereotyping in countries of Africa, Asia and South Africa. It surveys the relevant materials documented on this topic. This presentation will ...

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The nature and power of prejudice

23 Mar 2015 01 May 2017

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Prejudice has been around since the seventeenth century this behavior still exists and continues to surround us all in each population. In many countries today prejudice is still a big issue among different cultures people always tend to stereotype others just because of race,sex,color or whatever the case may be I fell this is unfair because people lives are at jeopardy in so many ways because of ...

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Power And Resistance In Human Society

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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'Where there is power, there is resistance, and yet, or rather consequently, this resistance is never in a position of exteriority in relation to power' (Foucault, 1978: 95-96). In human sciences one of the main issues has always been the relationship of resistance to power. Where there is power, there is resistance; power affirms that there exists resistance and visa versa. But before starting to think about ...

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The world urban slum population

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Introduction In recent years, the world's urban poverty growing than before, social problems also lead to further highlight. With the deepening of urban poverty, it has become unsafe hidden in social and economic life. The urban poor people have many problems not to be effectively solved; they are unemployment, social security, distribution system, social equity and social development and so on. Since the middle 20th century, along ...

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The Different Elements Of Identity

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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'At stake are questions about the linkages of different identity domains, how the various aspects of the self interconnect, and how various identities become active or inactive as people locate themselves in various social contexts' (Narváez et al 2009) Everyone needs to know who he or she is. This is a question about one's identity. Identity is a complicated and debatable term。 It is a set of ...

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Religion a hindrance towards the development of societies

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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As difficult as it can get to define religion, it gets even harder to explain its parameters. There has not been a general consensus on the definition of religion although social scientists have long tried to provide clarity to the definition of religion as it fits best to justify their work. Belief is at the core of Religion (Jeff Haynes, 1997). According to Jeff, Bellah termed religion ...

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Brand Placement in Bollywood Movies

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Do the Consumers get Sensitized towards the Brands by the Brand Placement in Bollywood Movies? Abstract The practice of product placement is seen everywhere in media across the world and is now ubiquitous. The same practice of Product placement in Bollywood is not new and the practice of placing the products in the bollywood movies is seen from the time of early 1970s. The movies produced in ...

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Assessing The Conflict And Consensus Approaches

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Consensus is a concept of society in which the absence of conflict is seen as the equilibrium state of society based on a general or widespread agreement among all members of a particular society. The consensus ideology proposes that society consists of social institutions which are all dependent of each other and are vital for maintaining social order. The consensus theory highlights harmony, integration and stability. Functionalists ...

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My sociological imagination

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Before going through this week's reading and into today's lecture, I hadn't yet come across the concept of the sociological imagination. Although the concept is seemingly new to me, it is likely that I have been using my sociological imagination for several years now especially whilst studying Society and Culture for my Higher School Certificate in years 11 and 12 at high school. In the subject, I ...

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Impairment is a physical fact, but disability is a social construction

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Intro This essay will discuss disability as a socially constructed concept, as viewed from a historical viewpoint the first as a physical fact and the second as socially constructed condition. The manner by which this will done is to investigate disability from an historical viewpoint and the socially constructed viewpoint, this will concluded in an evaluation. Oliver (1996) defines impairment as "lacking part of or all of ...

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The Role Of An Occupational Therapist

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Health care like health itself is a dynamic process which can be subject to change over time. There are an increasing amount of tensions within medicine between various groups of health care practitioners, and between the evaluation of treatment and responding to patients views. This reflects the different strains and demands bearing down on medicine from numerous quarters. I am interested in exploring from the counsellor's perspective, ...

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The quantitative data analysis

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Quantitative data analysis has been an inevitable part of social science research. Like any other discipline, the theories are taught to students to give them an idea and generalisation of social facts and books, journals and other sources are used for the same. However, at times these sources are not adequate and research needs to be done in order to gain a deeper knowledge. That is when ...

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Mills Sociological Imagination On Individual Problems

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Mills (1959) talks of a 'sociological imagination' when looking at the problems of the individual. How might this 'sociological imagination' assist social workers? How might sociological theories offer useful insights into the socially constructed nature of many of the contemporary social problems encountered by social workers? Do this by reference to a contemporary social problem that social workers may have to work with. This paper will explore ...

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Women Discrimination In Business: Walmart's Case

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Ethics has consistently been a part of our society. It has continuously played a crucial role whether in the professional world or in our normal daily lives. According to the well known sociologist Raymond Baumhart, ethics consists of the guidelines based on the basis of what is right and wrong and people are expected to follow the right path. A few examples such as honesty, trust and ...

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The Universal Social Problem Of Prostitution

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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This paper will describe and analyze the universal social problem of prostitution among minors who had not attained 18 years of age , while focusing specifically on the way this phenomenon occurs in Israel. Prostitution takes on many definitions; operationally defined, prostitution is a behavior that involves the exchange of sexual services for economic compensation in the form of drugs, money, or needed resources, for example, housing ...

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Women Are Poorer Than Men

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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In recent years, focus has been on discovering if poverty is 'gendered', that is to say to what extent women may be more at threat of poverty than men. In this essay I shall be discussing how women are affected by poverty and what factors lead to women being poorer than men. Peter Townsend et al (1987) have argued that there has been a 'feminisation of poverty', ...

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The Key Thinkers in Sociology

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Talcott Parsons (1902-79) was a key functionalist thinker. He suggested a special type of sociology called functionalism. He said that the function of anything is the job that it does. Functionalists see society as a social system made up of interrelated and inter-dependent institutions, such as education, work, religion, law, the family. The overall function of these institutions is to maintain social order. The nuclear family is ...

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Bisexual And Transgender LGBT

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Homosexual identity is abstracted as a life-spanning development process. This process eventually leads a person to personal acceptance of a positive gay self-image and a clear personal identity (Minton & McDonald, 2012). According to Haberma's theory of ego development, it is utilized to provide a synthesis and understanding of the literature on the construction and maintenance of the homosexual identity. It is concluded that the homosexual identity ...

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Should Homosexuals Be Allowed To Adopt Children?

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Homosexuality is a romantic or sexual fascination or natural behaviour between individuals having same sex. The word homosexual is a Greek and Latin mixture. As a sexual direction, homosexuality demotes to a continuing outline of or nature to feel sexual, care, or romantic attractions mainly to people of the same sex, it also states to an individual's sense of personal and public individuality, originate on those attractions, ...

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What Is A Sexual Revolution?

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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Answer: Sexual revolution is a social movement that challenged traditional codes of behavior related to sexuality and interpersonal relationship throughout the Western world from the 1960s into the 1980s. At the end of the Second World War, Wilhelm Reich introduced American readers to some of his earlier writings under the title The Sexual Revolution (1945). Explaining that this revolution went to the "roots" of human emotional, social, ...

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The Sociological Perspective Of Religion

23 Mar 2015 28 Apr 2017

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The institution of religion can be evaluated by varies sociological theories because the institution of religion has been part of every society since the beginning of humanity. With society it possible to find some sort of religion. Among these theories functionalism, conflict and interactions will be use to assess the impact each theory has on the religion institution. "Sociologist tends to be interested in the social impact ...

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Gender Dimensions Of Punjabi Folklores

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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The present study aimed to identify the gender images depicted in riddles posed by women and men of the rural areas. It was assumed that stereotypical images are depicted through riddles and gender images of riddles reveal a great deal about the societal attitudes toward gender and toward structuring the individual's identity and identification of the gender role. And by these riddles, gender roles has been analyzed ...

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Social Reactions To Interracial Relationships

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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The United States Supreme Court In 1967 ruled that Virginias anti-miscegenation laws were not in accord with the principles set forth in the constitution of the state and put a stop to all of the legal restrictions that were in place against marriages amongst mixed race (Erin, 2005). Since that time there has been a remarkable increase in the number of marriages amongst mix race in the ...

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The issue of gender in Cambodia

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Gender problem is considered as a global issue which exists not only in developing country but also in developed country. As a developing country in South-East Asia, Cambodia is known as a hierarchically ordered society. In all areas of development and administration, women always take the partnership with men. Unfortunately, they still cannot access to all equal rights, shares of benefits, opportunities, and values. Although Cambodia has ...

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Eating Together The Culture Of Friday Family Dinner

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Once in a few hours we think of food and chances are that we at least eat once per day. In the family setting food is easily accessible and for others it may be scarce because of the economy or the geography (Fieldhouse, 2008). At least, a large portion of families can afford what they want whenever they want while others must carefully plan on what they ...

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Theories Of Gender Inequality

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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There have been a number of theories put forward by various Institutions, Organizations, Authors, Scholars, Researchers, and Development practitioners, somehow to explain the problem why the issue of gender varies from region to region and why implementing gender equality, and female empowerment is lower than expected in SSA. Amongst these theories are the Inequality and the Modernization theory used in this project to explain the wide gender ...

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Functionalist conflict and symbolic perspectives on education

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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The basis of today's theoretical perspectives provides sociologists with a philosophical position for asking certain kinds of questions about society and the people that occupy it. The three primary perspectives are functionalist, conflict, and interactionist. These three theories are very relative to education and the whole learning process. These different perspectives allow sociologists the ability to explain how society influences people and their actions. Each perspective uniquely ...

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How and why is masculinity in crisis?

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Discuss with reference to psychoanalytic theories of masculinity. It is widely argued that Western Societies are currently witnessing a crisis of masculinity. The status of masculinity is changing and this is partially due because the society is changing economically, socially and especially in relation to the position of women. These changes also affect the sphere of consumption and popular culture. I will examine at first how Freud ...

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Vegetarianism Or Meat Consumption

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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All along with the existing trend of consuming organic and confined foods, one of the burning issues that has flickered debate amongst scholars and researchers alike is the subject of being, or not to exist as a vegetarian, have an effect on the surroundings. According to Spencer, those who consider that vegetarianism has a constructive effect on the setting argue that the enormous invention of animal foodstuffs ...

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Literature on the Caste system in India

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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There is a vast literature on Caste system in India with a long and diverse background. This chapter aims to review some of the relevant literatures pertaining to the caste system prevailing in India. Different authors might have varied perceptions about this particular topic for discussion. According to Louis Dumont (1980) in his book Homo Hierarchicus which has details about the caste system and its implication, demonstrates ...

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Development Of Psychological Thoughts In The Philippines

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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It started during the 1980's. In the context of Philippine colonial education, Filipinos believe that scientific psychology came from the West. Murray Bartlett, an American established undergraduate psychology courses in the College of Education, University of the Philippines. American textbooks and English language were used as the medium of instruction. The good thing here is that literary writing was in Filipino language that was in dominance. Francis ...

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The controversial issue of animal testing

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Animal testing is categorized into three main groups which are chemical testing, medical testing and research testing. Using non-human animals for such tests is a controversial issue that may lead several opinions whether on experts and non-expert views. Experts might say it is beneficial to human because without the non-human animals, where would science be now? Aristotle (384-322 BCE) and Erasistratus (304-258 BCE) were among the first ...

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An Overview Of Violence In Stadiums

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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As mentioned before, there is a long history with violence inside football and inside football stadiums. The first reports of violence go back to 1660, where the there where the first attempts to control the sport in England and Scotland, where largely ineffective and bans were issued (Dunning 1986). Throughout the seventeenth-century we find reports of several hundred football players and fans destroying drainage and causing mayhem ...

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The integration process of immigrants in Spain

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Immigration Spain Emigration A social analysis of the integration process of immigrants in Spain. The way in which ‘the problem’ of immigration in Spain affects the integration of immigrants. Over the last fifteen years, Spain has gone from being a country of emigration to a country of immigration. In recent years few European countries have experienced as dramatic a rise in immigration as Spain. Spain has been ...

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Youth subcultures: Phil Cohen

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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A critical evaluation of the work of Phil Cohen in relation to our understanding of youth subcultures According to Cohen (1972), the redevelopment of London's working-class neighbourhoods which favoured social elites or the gentry resulted in the marginalization of working class residents, loss of community and deterioration of collective power in the East End. Thus, there was a breakdown of socio-cultural interaction and dynamics that led to ...

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Why Do Children Join Gangs?

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Gang association of juveniles is the concern of researchers and field workers .Why do the youth join these gangs yet most of them are involved in criminal activities? This study aims to understand the various factors that contribute to youth gang membership. With these factors it may be possible to conceptualize a practicable plan that will effectively prevent or reduce the juveniles from joining gangs. 1.0 Introduction ...

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Development Of Psychological Thought In The Philippines

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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"If people lived in total isolation from other people, there would be no reason to study the effect that other people have on the behavior of individuals and groups. But human beings are social creatures. We live with others, work and play with others." We as Filipinos are full of extraordinary but amusing traits and attitudes. Filipinos love interaction and relationship within the society that is why ...

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Book Summary On Presentation Of Self

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Introduction The presentation of oneself is based on the observation of an individual through comparing the life of him and the other people. Because of that inspiration of determining the revolutions that are found in the society, the roles and relationships that are found can affect the value of an individual and the idea on how he can describe himself from other people. Due to the intensive ...

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Comparing Body Modification vs Self Mutilation

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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Self injury and body modification are closely related to or considered the same thing to some people. The intent one has behind doing these things separate whether it is self injury or simply self expression. Self injury, self harm, and self mutilation are described as deliberate harm to oneself. The injury usually causes noticeable damage such as: cutting, burning, hair pulling, and even in the worst case ...

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Unequal distribution of resources in society

23 Mar 2015 27 Apr 2017

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The following discussion will concentrate on social inequalities in health which have lead to the unequal distribution of resources in the society. Health inequalities refers to the differences in the prevalence of incidence of health outcomes between population groups and range by socio-economic groups and geographical area (Graham 2000). Gender which has socially constructed roles of female and male identity, can therefore compound health inequalities which generate ...

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Does homosexual parenting have negative effects?

23 Mar 2015 25 Apr 2017

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This research paper tries to review the same sex couples relationships regarding the role they play in parenthood and the effects both negative and positive that they likely would have on their children whether biological or adopted. It also reviews the society's perception of the gay men and the lesbian community and their rights to raise their children. A comparison of the effects of lesbian and the ...

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Effects Of Digital Technology On Identity

23 Mar 2015 25 Apr 2017

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Identity is described as a sense of self, as being a consistent and unique person. (Fernald, 1997) Defining individual identity involves being aware of and understanding an individual's experiences, perceptions, feelings, sensations, images and memories. One's understanding and explanation of them, the choices and decisions a person makes, and the action they take in responding to changing conditions, needs, demands and challenges is another important aspect of ...

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Role of affect and emotions in prejudice

23 Mar 2015 25 Apr 2017

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Prejudice is an intriguing topic in social psychology. Most studies focus on its cognitive and social representations and rarely do people notice the significance of affect in prejudice. In this essay, the focus of interest is on affect and emotions as a theoretical base in understanding prejudice. The role of emotions in intergroup processes and prejudice is explored, coupled with the discussion on the antecedents, nature, and ...

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The role of prostitution in urbanization

23 Mar 2015 25 Apr 2017

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"When it comes down to is this: the grocer, the butcher, the baker, the merchant, the landlord, the druggist, the liquor dealer, the policeman, the doctor, the city father and the politician - these are the people who make money out of prostitution, these are the real reapers of the wages of sin". This quote fairly explains that prostitution has been always an integral part of urbanization. ...

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Sexual orientation prejudice and homophobic bullying

23 Mar 2015 25 Apr 2017

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In today's society, many homosexual individuals are dealing with harassment, threats, and violence on a daily basis. Homosexuals are far more likely to be victims of a violent hate crime than any other minority group in the United States, according to a new analysis of federal hate crime statistics (Southern Poverty Law Center, 2010). Research shows that almost two thirds of lesbian, gay and bisexual teens experience ...

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The Difference Between Men And Women

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Understanding The Difference Between Men And Women For centuries, the differences between men and women were socially defined and distorted through a lens of sexism in which men assumed superiority over women and maintained it through domination. As the goal of equality between men and women now grows closer we are also losing our awareness of important differences. In some circles of society, politically correct thinking is ...

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Overt or covert observations

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Question 1 The researcher says that "[i]ntense observations in the classroom and playground area were completed ... [and] detailed observations were conducted in ... lessons"(p.184). What can you infer about the things she observed and the methods she used to record her observations? "Qualitative research is an effort to understand situations in their uniqueness as part of a particular context and the interactions there." (Merriam, 2009:14) An ...

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Assess one sociological theory of religion

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Using examples critically assess one sociological theory of religion In most traditional societies, religion is an important form of social 'togetherness'. It augments a feeling of 'community' and promotes a set of shared values and beliefs in some form of god. Religion also plays a central role in cultural life; people often synthesize religious symbols and rituals into the material and artistic culture of the society: literature, ...

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Culture Conflict In Canada

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Culture is defined as, "a particular society at a particular time and place". This definition describes that cultures in various locations and during different time periods are unique, and cannot be duplicated. In a multicultural nation, such as Canada, there are various cultures with different views, beliefs and opinions that have been brought by the new immigrants and shared within their ethnic communities, as well as their ...

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The Historical Changes Within The Family

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Family can be defined as a group of people related by heredity, such as parents, children and siblings. It is sometimes broadened to include persons related by marriage or those living in the same household who are emotionally attached, interact regularly, and share concerns for the growth and development of the group and its individual members. There is legal definition of the family, but it varies depending ...

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The basics of Family Decision Making

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Due to its purchasing power, the family is believed as the most important consumers buying unit by many marketers (Dalakas & Shoham, 2005). Therefore, a great number of previous studies have been done to understand how a family makes purchasing decisions over the years. As new social trends, the structure of family has changed dramatically in the past three decades in most countries in the world (Brace ...

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Empowerment Of Pakistani Women

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A Woman plays a key role in the maturity of a nation. The Pakistani traditions is one of a kind where in one segment the status of women is considered as the center of soul, existence and life; while on the other edge considers them no more than second-rate citizens. She plays four important roles during her life-time i.e. as a mother, wife, sister and daughter, but ...

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Critical Evaluation Of Ethnography And Grounded Theory

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It is obvious that research is an important element of our everyday life. Research is everywhere we go; it is background of everything we face in our present time like for example management, marketing or finance. There are two main streams of performing a particular research; it is qualitative method which is based mostly of words and statements or quantitative which involves statistics and empirical evidence. Two ...

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Sexuality in Men and Women

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Sexuality Men Women Outline two or more different approaches to the study of sexuality. Sexuality is mainly conceived as being a natural drive or instinct, which becomes inevitably part of the biological make-up of an individual, which only seeks fulfilment through sexual activity. Such a view of sexuality, which sees such as a natural entity, is most commonly referred to as essentialism. The majority of essentialist theories ...

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Underrepresentation Of Women In Science And Engineering

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Women run the risk of lagging behind in the fields of science and engineering. A wide gap exists between men and women in these fields. Women tend to have overrepresentation in social sciences and humanities, and underrepresentation in science and engineering. Although the number of women in the fields has grown steadily, women remain underrepresented at high levels of these professions. Social norms, culture and attitudes, play ...

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The effects of rape on victims

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Irina Anderson explores the current rape perception of both male and female rape and whether the respondent's gender affects this perception in a journal article called 'What is a typical rape? Effects of victims and participants gender in female and male perception' which was published in The British Journal of Social Psychology. This article also investigates the 'cultural lag' theory of male rape. The findings in this ...

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Socialization Leads To Identity Formation

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What is socialization? Socialization is the process in which human beings interact with each other individually and in groups. It is the process by which one learns the traditions, customs and accepted behaviour in any given society. It is not a onetime process, but it is a lifelong process that provides individuals with skills, values and attitudes that are necessary for interacting with the society. Human beings ...

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Assimilation Integration And Multiculturalism

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There are different conceptual frameworks and theoretical models in social sciences to conceptualise and describe the relationship between different people and cultures. In this section, some of the various focal points regarding the process of integration of immigrants and minority groups into their host country or mainstream society will be discussed and used as a springboard for our analysis of the German Sinti and Roma minority integration ...

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The poor in the UK

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Discuss whether the poor in the UK are to blame for their poverty and social exclusion? The purpose of this essay is to discuss the question of whether the poor in the UK are to blame for their poverty and social exclusion. In order to do this, a variety of perspectives will be analysed, in particular looking at political and economic perspectives. We will also consider Levitas' ...

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Cultures And Values In Human Society

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Culture is the essential part of the humans society. Every person is spending his or her life within a certain cultural community. It frequently defines what kinds of person a man or woman is and what values will they have. Does the cultural environment have a direct effect on the values within a community for anthropology, psychology and sociology? Let us discuss this topic step by step. ...

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An analysis of the Feminism Theory

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Belief in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes, the movement organized around this belief. Feminist theory is an outgrowth of the general movement to empower women worldwide. Feminism can be defined as a recognition and critique of male supremacy combined with effort to change it. Simply saying: Feminist fights for the equality of women and argue that women should share equally in society's opportunities ...

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Social psychological principles of prejudice and attitudes

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Many people believe prejudice and discrimination mean the same thing .In fact there is a very important difference between them. Prejudice is an attitude, whereas discrimination refers to the behaviour or action. If someone dislikes a given minority, but does not allow this dislike to effect their behaviour then the person shows prejudice but not discrimination. According to Baron and Byrne (1991) prejudice is an attitude towards ...

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Ethnic Conflict Between Blacks And Whites

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In todays world we have one common phenomenon which can be found in everywhere because of some political and sociological situations that our world has. The phenomenon is called as an ethnicity or racism, and normally the problem that we have can be called as ethnic conflict. As we know that conflict refers to some form of friction, discord arising, or disagreement within one specific group or ...

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Cultural And Structural Theories

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Defining health has always been relative; sometimes it is defined in terms of good health (feeling fit), bad health (free from pain and discomfort), and in terms of rang of task an individual is able to perform (functional). However, WHO (1948) "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. A resource for everyday life, not ...

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Definition And Types Of Social Capital

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Social capital is the the aggregate of the actual or potential resources which are linked to possession of a durable network of more or less institutionalized relationships of mutual acquaintance and recognition (Bourdieu 1983: 249). Social capital is defined by its function. It is not a single entity, but a variety of different entities, having two characteristics in common: they all consist of some aspect of a ...

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The History Of The Conflict Perspective

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The conflict perspective is one of two major sociological theories. Also known as the "conflict model," it gives sociologists explanations for happenings in history and in society.The conflict perspective was planned by Karl Marx (classical founders of social science) in the middle 1800s. It is totally based upon the work of Karl Marx even though there are many scholars who have contribute in developing this perspective. Marx ...

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The conceptual framework of feminism

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The conceptual framework of feminism, as a reactionary ideology, basically consists of 'power,' 'woman,' 'rights,' and 'equality'. The same can be said of African feminism, which has on its priority list such goals as self-determination, which have economic overtones sewn on a materialistic metaphysic. African womanism, despite its pretensions to seeking co-operation or its advocacy for interdependency between men and women, uses a model of conscientisation of ...

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Is religion a good force for the society?

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Is religion a good force for the society? The role of religion in our society has always been debated. Some people are of the view that, religion helps in bringing about a change in society, while other believe it does the very opposite. However, sociologists have a different view on this. They say that religion adopts a middle path. It brings about change and also acts as ...

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Objectivity Of The Social Researcher

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Before addressing the debate, the historical significance of social theory must be addressed as there is a long history regarding issues of objectivity, and value free research. Prior to World War Two, social research was dominated by the paradigm of positivism. Philosophers such as Comte (1798-1857) strongly affirmed that methods applied to the natural sciences such as physics should be applied to the study of social behaviour ...

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Introduction To Woman Dress Modestly

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Nowadays, as we know that dress code is very important to man or women that mentioned by the community now because dress code is represent a person respect to another person. Dress modestly is an issue that happening in our daily life or working life. Modestly is all about showing a person's behaviour, social status, dress and values. Yet for women, they do not care any things ...

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Leadership ethics of legalizing marijuana

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Introduction Marijuana, also known as "weed", "grass", "bud", or "pot", is the second most commonly used "recreational" drug in America, behind only alcohol, a legal substance. The drug comes from the leaves of the hemp plant, "cannabis sativa". It has a high concentration of the drug's active ingredient, Tetrahydrocannabinols, also known as THC. While many users smoke the leaves of the plant to get "high" (psychologically impaired), ...

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Gender Inequality In The Labour Market

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Sex is what distinguishes men and women biologically, namely it describes the physical qualities which derive from variations in chromosomes, hormones and genitalia. Gender refers to a set of culturally defined characteristics which determine society's view of people as 'masculine' or 'feminine'. Sociologists have long debated over the causes of unfair sexual divisions of labour. Some have forwarded biological explanations, whereas others hold responsible the socialisation of ...

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Changes In The Concepts Of Childhood

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Discuss how childhood has changed since the 19th century. How do concepts from this period continue to influence current attitudes to childhood? What is childhood??? Childhood, the early years of a person's life, between birth to about 8 years, is also considered most beautiful, most meaningful and most important part of life for a human being. The importance of childhood can be understood by observing the fact ...

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Factors That Influence Poverty

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The literature examined throughout this paper assumes that there are many contributing factors that can lead to poverty in the United States of America. The factors include but are not limited to increased immigration rates, the lack of education, illicit drug use, and family composition (i.e. single parent homes). Additionally the literature presented demonstrates the relevance of the previously mentioned areas while highlighting specific examples. In conducting ...

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Social values of welfare: Hong Kong

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Welfare is "all collective interventions to meet certain needs of the individual and/or to serve the wider interests of society may now be broadly grouped into… categories of welfare" (Titmuss, 1959). The development in the social values of welfare has always been changing throughout the centuries, particularly the 20th century. In traditional Chinese society, people used to believed that social welfare, or "fuk lei", was given by ...

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The continued discrimination against homosexuals

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Homosexuality is very common in society. However many individuals still discriminate against them. Their prejudgments are based on stereotypes, and lack of information. Due to our social perception, people who are different from them is deem to be threatening. In this report, discrimination against homosexuals will be discussed, with facts, different supporting examples and cases from Singapore and the United States, with Singapore being the more traditionally ...

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