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Mass Consumerism's Origin and its Impact

this in more detail the role of consumerism and the way it fits in with mass culture can be used to determine what mass consumeris...

Review of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Schlosser is among one of just a handful of writers to explore this darkest side of the fast food industry, its impact on the most...

An Evaluation of Tattooing

it causes, that is also attractive and why it is so controversial. Finally, an important notion about tattooing is its permanence....

Unemployment's Importance

is on the way down, and certainly other economic indicators suggest positive changes, there are still many people out of work. Eco...

America from a Multicultural Perspective

backgrounds in an environment where there were no hard and fast rules as to how these people should interrelate. While the coloni...

Emile Durkheim and the Social Theory of Lyotard

only give rise to institutions in patches--local determinism" (Lyotard PG). II. EXPOSING POSTMODERNISM Postmodernism was t...

Snow White by the Brothers Grimm

tales have circulated for so long their origins are in ancient Egypt, others made their way to Germany via France (Zaleski, 2001)....

A 911 Sociological Analysis

Whether or not the charge regarding globalization is true is besides the point. The people feel that way and are perhaps angered t...

Functional and Behavioral Approaches to Juvenile Delinquency

as functionalism also felt that "criminality is not a quality inherent in an act or a person but rather a phenomenon defined by a ...

Canadian Divorce and Theories of Sociology

control, for access to divorce" (Landsberg, 2002). The feminism Landsberg highlights in her article could best be described cond...

Being a Man in the Films La Mission and The Brothers

and their relationships with them. Director and screenwriter Peter Bratt aimed his lens at San Franciscos primarily Latino Missio...

Violence and its Sociological, Biological, and Psychological Roots

is almost a learned behavior, not socially speaking, but psychologically speaking. It is the human minds reaction and perhaps solu...

3 Sociological Views on the Shortage of Nurses

many contemporary societies still reflect incredible amounts of poverty, disease and homelessness in spite of the fact that their ...

Sociological Effects of Single Parenting

parents were to divorce when the time came that their relationship was no longer considered beneficial. "For many children, the e...

Twenty First Century Relationships, Marriage, and Family

same question this paper will answer. Sociological versus Psychological Studies During the 20th century, a variety of tool...

Herbert Blumer and George Herbert Mead's Theories of Sociology

on the most essential points of his sociological theory, only differing in subtle distinctions regarding the importance of interac...

Sociological Views on Sexual Harassment

resent the fact that they cannot date people they meet at work easily. In fact, some companies have rules against dating, and to m...

Dying, Death, and Sociology

of life has been a standard for measuring a patients outcome. Indeed, while there may be medical procedures still to be applied t...

Jonathon Kozol's 'Savage Inequalities'

This 6 page book report provides a chapter overview and a discussion of the sociological theoretical perspective that the author p...

Canadian Women and Changes

In five pages women and their role throughout the course of Canadian history are examined through a sociological perspective with ...

Aggression and Sociology

In five pages aggression is examined from a sociological perspective. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Relationships and Love

In five pages this paper examines relationships and love from sociological and psychological perspectives. Three sources are cite...

Modern World Changes Brought by Modernism and Postmodernism

In six pages this paper discusses modernism and postmodernism from sociological perspectives. Eleven sources are cited in the bib...

Seltzer's Serial Killers

that society, or the perpetrators parents, should not be blamed for any horrific acts. The offender is the only one that someone s...

Sociology Applied to News and Music

no child support at all? Or that everyone who makes over $50,000 should be forced to pay some maximum amount to make up for the sh...

Rearing a Happy, Loving and Productive Child: A Critique of the Scientology Philosophy

a child in an authoritarian way but rather essentially allow the child to do whatever it is that they want (Reitman, 2006). Scien...

A Sociological Analysis of the Role of Malcolm X

at a speaking engagement ("Biography of Malcolm X," 2007). Of course, the 1960s were tumultuous times. Yet, prior to his demise, h...

The Notebook Film Psychosocial Analysis

Clearly, the leaders are Noah and Allie, who refuse to surrender their cause (love) despite the diversity that frequently forces t...

Deviance and Sociological Theory

upon individuals within a group" (Wong, 2005). This theory lays the blame for delinquent behavior on the community, which was una...

Criminology Case Study Analysis

she became a prostitute and fulfilled her role as a drug addict who would do anything to get a fix. Of course, labeling theory has...