While I truly value and appreciate Smith's specific views, I find her outlook just a bit too Three questions I have after analyzing these readings are: With so many feminist theories, is there one that stands out as more "right" or applicable to t Continue Reading...
Sociology, Identity, and Families I would like to write about the concept of self in sociology this week because I have learned to evaluate the relationship between the internal and external self and the influence that society plays on developing Continue Reading...
And as we have gained greater scientific, medical, technological and ideological diffusiveness, theorists from every discipline concerning human matters have required their own lens for examination. For instance, the text by Conrad & Gabe (1999) Continue Reading...
QUESTION THREE: "Is inequality of social classes inevitable?" The conflict theory put forward by Ralf Dahrendorf begins with a discussion of Marxism and the fact that in industry, the conflict between classes - the capitalist and proletariat (worke Continue Reading...
Sociology: Changing Societies in a Diverse World (Fourth Edition) George J. Bryjak & Michael P. Soroka Chapter One Summary of Key Concepts Sociology is the field of study which seeks to "describe, explain, and predict human social patterns" fr Continue Reading...
This week's additional readings resonated for me that for many the unequal distribution of wealth and assets can take away healthy opportunities to make these contributions and can turn into feelings of hopelessness, depression, violence, as well as Continue Reading...
Sociology Discussion Responses Response to Post #1 While I agree completely with your sentiments and your long-range goals and the values they represent, I am not so sure that providing the resources you mentioned is as realistic a solution as it m Continue Reading...
Sociology Introducing Alexa Madison Basic facts from her childhood Basic facts from her adolescence Basic facts from her young adult life Issues related to race Detailed analysis of race-related issues in Alexa's life Racial identity in a mult Continue Reading...
Customers entered the establishment carrying shoulder bags and computer notebook bags and proceeded directly to the counter to make purchases. The vast majority of customers arrived alone and most of them left the establishment shortly after receivi Continue Reading...
Sociology and Adult Education Adult Education Many believe that vessel education and training that that the very foundation of success. A strong educational background can help any individual branch into new opportunities, where individual goals an Continue Reading...
A disconnection from action, even when it is literally right outside one's door is felt by the viewer, where as simple and plain print media has not the power to distort the message, or at least arguably as much. A culture and society of apathy, as Continue Reading...
These impulses may result in compulsive behavior ultimately leading to financial ruin and family devastation; partly for this reason, most American states had prohibited games of chance and other forms of gambling under a paternalistic attempt to pr Continue Reading...
These inferences can create contrasting conclusions about what different events mean. (Goreham, 2010) How are scientific experiments conducted today? Scientific experiments are conducted by looking at prior research. This provides actuaries with a Continue Reading...
SOCIOLOGY Response to Post #1 Your post illustrates one of the most complex problems in administrating government efficiently: namely, tailoring academic concepts and fiscal policies to the unique and multidimensional elements of specific communitie Continue Reading...
Sociology Take Home Final Unequal Power Relationships and Laborers The unequal power relationship that characterizes many employment relationships is characteristic of industrialized capitalism. Capitalism itself is defined by the manufacturing div Continue Reading...
Business ethics is a division of ethics that pertains to the interaction of business and ethics and applies ethical analysis to the business area. It is both expressive and normal. The five activities within business ethics can be delineated as fol Continue Reading...
Punishment as such is viewed as a form of personal engineering, designed to produce better people through a process of re-education. (Curan and Renzeth, 1998) Davey in relation to the theory of rehabilitation argued that during the past twenty year Continue Reading...
Lafayette educators have combined the educational philosophies of 20th century intellectuals such as Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, and 20th century educators such as Howard Gardner with lessons learned from the former Soviet Union and the Easte Continue Reading...
Sociology / Panethnicity Asian-American Panethnicity -- by Yen Le Espiritu What issue is at stake and what is the author's point-of-view? Before addressing the intellectual question that the author is pursuing in this book, there are some importan Continue Reading...
Sociology Discussion Responses Response to Post #1 I agree entirely with your explanation of the way that the two leadership approaches you discussed operate. However, I am not so sure that I would necessarily consider situational leadership and tr Continue Reading...
Weber made appoint of recognizing that, even something so seemingly objective and abstract as the law, was, in reality, a substantive tool in the hands of judges and politicians. Judges are not "automata of paragraphs' (Weber) because they are of ne Continue Reading...
Dated November 7, 2002, it speaks about the fact that, as of that date - and for the first time in Senate history - three currently-serving Senators had actually belonged to that body for more than forty years continuously. ("New Seniority Record," Continue Reading...
Sociology Discussion Responses Response to Post # Your post raises some very important issues that face the entire nation as well as the individual states such as New Mexico. The largest social services programs such as Medicare and Medicaid are un Continue Reading...
Sociology Discussion Responses Response to Post #1 The issue your raise in terms of the long-term negative consequences on the lives and well-being of caregivers is an extremely important one. As you mention, there are various sources of significan Continue Reading...
True freedom does exist, but Black America has not yet found it. From Redistribution to Recognition? In this article by Nancy Fraser, the problem of social inequities is discussed in terms of the definitions that lead to potential solutions. Ms. F Continue Reading...
Unforeseen technology-related events could have impacted the study. Maturation - No, this would not have been a potential threat as the class is short in relative time period. This was controlled through semester scheduling. Testing - Yes, this co Continue Reading...
Sociology Discussion Responses Response to Post #1 I agree completely with almost everything in your post about the importance of preventing and responding to instances of domestic violence. However, I think it might be s slight exaggeration to cha Continue Reading...
Waiting for Superman Sociology Film: Waiting for Superman This is a disturbing film about the education system and the resistance to change. Students are caught in the middle. Before you start watching this film, recall your high school education Continue Reading...
Gallant, J. (2016). Alleged sex abuse victim's fight for justice turns into bureaucratic nightmare. Toronto Star. 2 Dec, 2016. Retrieved online: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/12/02/alleged-sex-abuse-victims-fight-for-justice-turns-into-bu Continue Reading...
Sociology, one of the biggest areas that are receiving continuous amounts of focus is the inequalities that exist. Recently, disparities in income levels have become much larger. This is because the top 1% (who controls the majority of the wealth) i Continue Reading...
Residential Segregation Since the peak in residential Black/White segregation during the 1960s and 1970s, there has been a slow decline in the index of dissimilarity; however, this did not translate into an increase in interactions with different ra Continue Reading...
Culture is a relative concept because cultural norms only make sense within the context of a specific worldview and location. Language, gestures, and other cultural signifiers are meaningless in and of themselves. However, it is so easy to take our o Continue Reading...
Popular culture defines what is desired by any given sociological group based on pressure by peers. Every moment of the day, we are saturated by culture. When we turn on the television, not only are we watching the programs but we are inundated by ad Continue Reading...
Macro Theory of Sociology Regarding The Classical tradition and Social Imagination: Overall, what kinds of messages do we inherit from the "classical tradition"? How does the "sociological imagination" inspire and direct our activities as students Continue Reading...
Theories Sociology has been defined s the scientific study of human interaction and, as such, is accepted as a scientific activity (Leming 1997). Social science aims at discovering and explaining observed events of and in nature by means of a framew Continue Reading...
e. As waitresses.) II. Social Action Max Weber developed the concept of social action as a means of describing those actions that take into account actions and reactions of other people, then modifying that action based on those occurrences. Sociol Continue Reading...
Gender-Specific Therapy for Women Prisoners RESEARCH QUESTION AND JUSTIFICATION On average, women make up about 7% of the total federal and state incarcerated population in the United States. This has increased since the 1980s due to stricter and m Continue Reading...
165). Conclusion: The number of homeless students in America is staggering, and sadly growing. These children are faced with unique challenges that their peers with homes are not typically plagued with. Homeless students academic efforts are often Continue Reading...
Sociology: Anti-Immigration Policies -California Proposition 227 and Proposition 187- The purpose of this paper is to research Anti-immigration policies in the United States and to further discuss California's Propositions 227 and 187 and in the cr Continue Reading...
