68 The Social Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports
Analyse the usefulness of official statistics in the study of crime and deviance
Analyse the usefulness of official statistics in the study of crime and deviance
The usefulness of statistics in studying crime and deviance has been a matter of debate amongst sociologists over the years. These statistics range from official Home Office statistics, to independent studies such a....
Are Islam and democratization compatible?
Are Islam and democratization compatible?
Centuries of violent interactions between Islam and the west have helped developed a relationship of mistrust and misunderstanding. This unhappy history has had a damaging impact on each cultures impression of the other. ‘The opposition between local....
Be Cruel - A Culture Phenomenon
There are a myriad of opinions and theories on the subject of sadomasochism. Facts of course, help to grasp the information needed to gain knowledge of what this secretive world is about and who participates in what most people find offensive and perverted. To analyze this topic, observation is cr....
Berlin: A City Divided
Berlin: A City Divided
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Berlin, Germany, once a great city, and its people went through years of hardship as a result of the outcome of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. Germans referred to ....
Can parents be held responsible for the behaviour of their children?
Attempts to explain human behaviour have always primarily revolved around the nature – nurture debate. Are we creatures of our inheritance, destined from the beginning to behave according to some plan that has been set in our make-up? Or are we shaped by whatever experiences we encounter after birt....
Can we still distinguish between party families of Left-Right. etc
Can we still distinguish families of parties Left/ Right Liberal RE / national?
Western Europe has a long history of democracy, having experienced both continuity and change throughout the last century; it seems the perfect forum for the examination of political party families and affiliation.
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Canadian education: Contributing to prepetualism of racsim and inequality in todays society
A view shared by many Canadians is that biological race is part of the natural order (Anderson, 1996: 404). Canadians often pride themselves on the equality and multiculturalism Canada has worked so hard to obtain. However, it can be argued that race does not exist; and that instead it is socially ....
Communism and the Failure of the Social Contract for Karl Marx
In 1848 Karl Marx finished writing The Communist Manifesto, a set of ideas that attack capitalists, oppressive regime. The main argument of this work is that class struggles are the driving force behind the development of history and that a revolution is needed to rid the society of its classes. Acc....
Communist Party of the United States of America
Abstract
In my project I discuss the history, ideals, funding tactics, and espionage theories that have surrounded the Communist Party of the United States of America. The history of the Communist Party from its creation in 1919 through the current time is briefly outlined. The various funding....
Conflict between Bismarck and the Reichstag in 1871
After the much awaited declaration of the new united German empire in January 1871, the new German Reichstag was also later formally declared on 4 May 1871. By this point in time, Bismarck had fulfilled his aims, as far as territorial expansion was concerned. He was now faced with the teethin....
Constitutional Influences
ROMAN INFLUENCES
Philosophers thought that Rome had provided its citizens with the most freedoms the world had ever known. Because of their fondness for the Romans, the architecture of many buildings in Washington, D.C. reflects the "classical" style
Democratic Republic. The United States' gov....
Continental Social Market
IS THE CONTINENTAL SOCIAL MARKET MODEL APPROPIATE IN A GLOBALIZED ECONOMY?
INTRODUCTION
The German Social Market Economy is one of the most famous political and economic strategies of this century.
After the World War II in a state of total destruction and political and societal confusion a....
Critically analyse Milton Friedmans thoughts on the social responsibilites of business
In 1970, the Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman published an article that has since become a classic among those who question the alleged social role of corporations. Under the provocative title ‘The social responsibility of business is to increase profits’ he vigorously protested again....
Drag Queens
My Experience in the Drag Sub-Culture of Asheville
Background on Drag Culture in General
Most drag queens perform for fulfillment as a hobby, a profession, or an art form; as a way to be in the spotlight; or as a road to local or wider fame. There are a significant number of heter....
Enlightenment Philosophers
Two of England’s most important enlightenment philosophers were Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Both of these men were great thinkers that had different thoughts on the human nature and how the government should work. As believed by Thomas Hobbes, people were supposedly “naturally bad” and if th....
Fiscal vs. Monetary Policy
Fiscal vs. Monetary Policy
In the past, the government has done little to control the economy. Since the depression, the ideas of the
government has changed drastically. Now in todayÂ’s times, we have come to realize that the government has two important roles to play that will regulate ....
Girls and Crime
What about girls? Stress, teenage mother hood, drug habits all those components needs survival skills. How do you keep those survival skills? Gangs, prostitution, abuse? To us juvenile delinquency is something that we look at it with disdain instead of taking the time to look into sociological issue....
Great Depression
The Great Depression has been considered by many economical strategists, as well as citizens who had to live through the indescribable event, as the worst economical tragedy ever to have taken part in the history of the United States. The Great Depression was introduced to U.S. citizens in October o....
History of the Potato: The social influences of the bashful spud
The Potato
"Only two things in this world are too serious to be jested on, potatoes and matrimony."
Irish saying
From Incans to highlanders, from legends to famines and from one side of the Earth to the other, the potato has seen it all. The potato, although usually cast aside as an ugly, def....
Hobbes and Locke: The State, Human Nature, and the Social Contract
This essay discusses property as discussed by John Locke and Thomas Hobbes. It focuses mainly on the latterÂ’s views, but uses Hobbes as a point of comparison. In his Two Treatises of Government (1690), Locke sets forth a view that the state exists to preserve national rights of citizens. This wa....
How can social psychology explain the behaviour of suicide bombers?
CCU
DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES - PSYCHOLOGY
YEAR 3
MPS213: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
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How can social psychology explain the behaviour of suicide bombers? These single individuals act in the name of a group. Consider interpersonal and inter group ....
How does a persons position in the social class hierarchy affect their life chances today?
How does a person's position in the social class hierarchy affect their "life chances" today?
The divisions in social classes in Ireland can mean that the person in a lower social class is more likely to miss out on the greater things in life. People in the higher class have a better oppo....
identity theft
Law enforcement officials have stated that identity theft crime has been one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States. Identity theft is a serious crime; in which the imposter obtains key pieces of personal information, for instance a social security and driverÂ’s license numbers an....
Illegal Imigration in America
Illegal immigration has become a serious problem throughout the United States. In 2004, more than 1.3 million people were apprehended while trying to enter the United States from Mexico (Douthat and Woodson, 2006). There are thousands of illegal Mexican immigrants that cross into the United State....
Immigration
Modern Myth – Hispanics and Immigration
The recent Hispanic protest on May 1, 2006 fueled contention in workplaces throughout the United States and sparked my curiosity about immigration. Hispanics are teaming to America at a bizarre rate of speed. They have become the largest minority surpassing ....
Imperialism: Social Darwinism and Racism
Imperialism: Social Darwinism and Racism
"Take up the White Man's burden —
Send forth the best ye breed —
Go, bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait, in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild —
Your new-caught sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child."....
International Womens Day
International Women's Day (8 March) is an occasion marked by women's groups around the world. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday. When women on all continents, often divided by national boundaries and by ethnic, linguistic....
Is CSR philanthropy at other peoples expense?
Introduction
When elaborating on the statement "Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is philanthropy at other people's expense", this paper will start off by addressing the context in which the statement has been presented in the article "Two-faced Capitalism" (The economist, 2004).
It has becom....
Jean-Louis David + Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Question : In what ways and to what extent is an understanding of historical context important in approaching the works of (a) David and (b) Rousseau? "The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of his Sons", is a painting by the French artist Jean-Louis David in 1789. Having led the fight whi....
John Locke and Thomas Hobbes: Two Views of the Social Contract
John Locke and Thomas Hobbes were two English thinkers who contributed their ideas to the Enlightenment. There are a few similarities between these two. They were both English thinkers, and they both lived in the 1600s. Locke and Hobbes both lived through the upheavals in England early in the 17th c....
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin may be dead but his existence and cruelty still haunts Russia. He became the leader of Russia shortly after LeninÂ’s death. He was paranoid, mean, and he didnÂ’t trust anyone. He used people and made them do what he wanted but later he ended up either killing or imprisoning them. He wa....
Monetary Policy
U.S. Federal Reserve Monetary Policy
John Doe
University of Phoenix
ECO 360: Monetary Policy
Group MUO6BSM12
March 26, 2007
U.S. Federal Reserve Monetary Policy
What is monetary policy? The term "monetary policy" references the actions undertaken by a centr....
New Deal
During the 1930's, America witnessed a breakdown of the free enterprise system as the US fell into the worst depression in history. On October 24th, 1929 the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) collapsed when millions of shares at inflated prices were offered on sale. Over $50 billions were lost on what ....
Nicholas II, The Last Tsar of Russia (1894-1917)
Nicholas II, The Last Tsar of Russia (1894-1917)
The earliest ancestor of the Russian Romanovs emigrated to Russia from Prussia in the 14th century. This ancestorÂ’s great-great granddaughter was Anastasia Romanov, who became Tsar Ivan IVÂ’s first wife. Ivan IV (1533-1584), known as Ivan the Terr....
Obeistiy and its growing affects on America
Obesity and its growing affects on America
Obesity is a growing problem that has greatly affected America. Obesity has become a major issue concerning our children and America as a whole. The obesity rates have grown rapidly due to many changes in Americans lifestyles. Many of the causes ar....
Organizational Culture
What is Culture?
Just as families and communities have unique looks and feels, organizations have distinct images, internal operations, and methods of doing business that determine who they are and how they are perceived by others. All of these factors are the bases for the formation of a "cultur....
Philippine Bureaucracy
I. A POLITICAL SYSTEM DEFINES ITS BUREAUCRACY: That the Philippine government has consistently failed in satisfying the needs and growing expectations of the Filipino people is a fact rather than a perception. What is widely perceived however, is that such failure of government is only due to the in....
Political Ideology in the Mid-Atlantic United States
Political ideology is what drives American politics today. The nation was founded on the difference in opinion, for a democracy calls for the voice of the people. People do not express a unanimous voice, and that allows for variety in beliefs. Political ideology is the difference in philosophies on ....
Psychological Perspectives and the Loving Relationship
The five general perspectives on human behavior shape and mold every relationship we have with other people. An excellent example is evident in a loving relationship between a husband and his wife. Biology, society, culture, cognition and Psychodynamics are fundamental elements in this relationshi....
Report on the tourism impacts in Thailand
1. Introduction
This paper will identify and analyse the economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts of Thailand. Thailand occupies the western half of the Indochinese peninsula and the northern two-thirds of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia. Its neighbours are Burma (Myanmar) on the n....
Roosevelt's New Deal
On July 2, 1932, at the Democratic National Convention, the crowd listened intently to the phrase, I pledge you, I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people. The New Deal name was soon applied to the program of reform and recovery instituted by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. During the early p....
Rousseau on Civil Religion
Religion is a component of almost every society.Knowing this, one might look at the function itserves. For Jean-Jacques Rousseau, religion,specifically a civil religion established by theSovereign, is an instrument of politics that serves amotivating function. In a new society people areunable to un....
Same sex marriage-a civil rights issue
Same-Sex Marriage Is A Civil Rights Issue
America prides itself in the idea of equal treatment for all. But, it is still only that- an idea. Homosexuals are a part of American society, yet they do not have the same civil liberties as heterosexuals. As of 2004 in the United States of America, same....
Sick Role
Talcott Parsons first put forth his idea of “the sick role” in his book The Social System (1951). This idea included a number of concepts. One, was when a person was sick they were excused by society from day to day activities like working or taking care of the children. Two, the sicker a person w....
Social acceptance by peers as a motivational Influence for young athletes
Social acceptance by peers as a motivational
Influence for young athletes.
Introduction
Background of study
¡§A very important portion of high school students¡¦ lives is their social status among their peers students are handed social labels based on their past aca....
Social Enterprises
Written report overview
For this report I will be answering two questions from the ‘Social Enterprise under the Microscope’ case study. The case study focuses on two organisations in the social sector. These are ReBoot and Green-works. Although they are both categorised under the title of bei....
Social Impact of Digital Media
The Social Impact of Digital Media
Abstract.
Due to the development of a great number of new digital technologies in the last twenty years, an amazing variety of new media forms has emerged. Web pages, instant messaging, online games, multimedia CD-ROMs, hypertext fiction,... Many argue these and ....
Social Psychology of the Holocaust
The hate and prejudice that began the Holocaust went hand in hand with a political agenda that was fueled by the frustration aggression theory.(1) Hitler blamed the Jews for the loss of World War I and thus, instead of targeting political aspects of the Jewish community, he displaced his aggress....
Social Security
History of Social Security
Prior to the industrial revolution, people always had some sort of security, not in the form of governmental programs but rather a security through the family farm, the network of extended families and communities. However, the industrial revolution brought with it a fu....
Social Security Crisis
During its first fifty years, the Social Security system—sometimes referred to as the Old-Age Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI), was all things to all people. To the American public, it looked like a pension plan that yielded an excellent return on contributions. To advocates of income red....
Social Security Reform
Social Security in the United States is a social insurance program funded through dedicated payroll taxes called FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act). The Social Security Act was drafted by President Roosevelt's committee on economic security, under Edwin Witte, and passed by Congress as part....
Spanish Civil War was caused by economic problems rather than by political or religious differences
The Spanish Civil War was fought in the late 1930s in Spain. On one side were the Loyalists, Spaniards loyal to a recently elected government in the form of a republic; on the other side were fascists, led by General Francisco Franco. It was considered to be the dress rehearsal for World War II, it ....
Sports and Socialization
I had originally intended to construct a term paper on Nightlife, but turns out I had insufficient information on the subject. This paper will be done on Sport and leisure, as well as how they affect society. Sport and leisure both play a major part in the social life of the community. People of al....
The Cold War fears
In the aftermath of the second world war, American people had many fears of the Cold War. The most common fears were, bomb shelters, civil air patrols, the red scares, the red ideas, communism in the government, and the Soviets, the Soviets being the most important. President Eisenhower and his adm....
The Jungle
A French philosopher once said that the greatest tyranny of democracy was when the minority ruled the majority. Upton SinclairÂ’s The Jungle gives the reader a great example of exactly this. A man who earns his living honestly and through hard work will always be trapped in poverty, but a man who ea....
the new deal
The New Deal was a political and social plan that was the presidential campaign platform of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Although Roosevelt was very vague about what it was and actual measures to be taken while running for president, the New Deal was the shinning hope for many Americans who had lost t....
The role of email in communication
The Role of E-mail in Communication
Heather A. Stern
Lisa Murray-Johnson, Ph.D.
Interpersonal Communication (Comm 320)
Communication is the basis for all relationships. As the pace of life appears to be constantly accelerating, technol....
The social construction of gender
The theory of social construction of gender is described as a pattern of behaviours acknowledged as ‘masculine’ or ‘feminine’. It is historically and socially constructed, learned behaviour. Burr (1995) explains that gender, sexuality, education, class, age and race are all ‘constructed’ thr....
The Social Cry In Planet of the Apes
After watching The Planet of the Apes, everyone seemed to leave the movie with a message in mind. Be it the controversial subject matter of Science vs. Religion, animal cruelty, or the cries of the extremeness of war and nuclear weapons. The makers of this film clearly felt the importance of illustr....
The Social Effects of Cultural Globalization in China and Canada
Twenty-five years ago, most Chinese people did not know what Coca-Cola was. Today, Coca-Cola has already become one of the most popular soft drinks in China. This dramatic change has occurred because of cultural globalization. According to Manfred B. Steger, cultural globalization is known as the ex....
The social, political and economic way of life adhered to in Sparta from the 7th Century B.C
The social, political and economic systems of Sparta from 7th Century B.C. onwards were indeed so unique, effective and progressive that PlatoÂ’s idealistic accounts of them in the 4th Century B.C. led to the growth of Sparta to almost mythical status in much of the historical works that survive him....
The socialist movement in the late 19th century
Upton SinclairÂ’s book The Jungle is not just a fictional novel to be read, put back on the shelf, and never thought of again. The book is a political statement and meant to persuade the reader to think about their nationÂ’s government. It is full of hidden propaganda for the socialist movement i....
Victors and Vanquished
The modern era stands out as a time of great change. Throughout history, it is undoubtedly the period of time in which the most advancement has occurred in society, in the shortest amount of time. The three books, “The Interesting Narrative,” by Olaudah Equiano, “Victors and Vanquished,Â....
Welfare Policy
The welfare and poverty laws were developed to aid the poor, even though the early policy programs did harm by developing a welfare dependency. There have been many definitions of poverty, and they have been criticized on many grounds. The only way to create an appropriate policy solution to poverty....
Were Romans Obsessed with Violence?
Were Romans Obsessed with Violence?
In many modern books written about Ancient Rome and her people, the Romans are often portrayed as brutal and unforgiving people who enjoyed violence and thought it amusing to see people being injured and killed to the point of obsession. It is my aim to esta....
What was the state of the Weimar Republic in 1924?
The state of the Weimar Republic was vastly improved in comparison to what it had been a few years earlier. Germany had been in utter turmoil, its whole political system having had to be rewritten as the Kaiser abdicated in 1918. The Socialists, the Kaiser's enemies, had been quick to take over and ....
Witchcraft
In the book "Witches and Neighbors," by Robin Briggs, he speaks about early modern Europe where the witchcraft craze swept though many communities. Being named a witch led to thousands of lives lost due to neighbors and family members, along with the social divide of rich and poor, in making false ....
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