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Two Perspectives on Economic and Social Development by Foster and Landes

In nine pages a comparative analysis of two texts that consider social and economic development and the influence of capitalism, T...

Poverty and Rates of Population Growth

economic influence of overpopulation. It is often the oldest, poorest and most overly populated, which establishes it as a haven ...

A Review of Blaming the Victim by William Ryan

A 7 page overview of the societal ills of poverty. Ryan contends that is not the poor that are responsible for these ills but rat...

Social Change as Viewed by David Landes and John Foster

In ten pages two comparative and contrasting views on social change are examined as they are represented in John Foster's The Vuln...

U.S. and the Disparity Between Wealth and Poverty

In five pages poverty in America is examined in terms of its reasons with comparisons made with other countries during different t...

Poverty and Single Mothers

In five pages a book review article by Judith Stacey entitled 'Through My Own Eyes: Single Mothers and the Cultures of Poverty' is...

Urban Economics and Politics

of the southern states black families received lower benefits than white families and many received no benefits at all, no matter ...

City Life, Homelessness, Race, and Sociology

In twenty five pages this paper examines issues of race, urban life, gender, and poverty from the sociological perspectives of Ell...

Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and England's Poor Relief Efforts

In eleven pages this paper discusses sixteenth and seventeenth English poverty in a consideration of the poor relief efforts initi...

Sociological and Economic Considerations for the European Union

In thirteen pages this research paper examines the EU in terms of its advantages, pros and cons regarding economics, and sociologi...

Relationship Between Poverty and Child Abuse

The relationship between poverty and child abuse is considered in ten pages. Sixteen sources are cited in the bibliography....

An Old Testament Lesson Plan

This paper consisting of ten pages describes how to teach adults Old Testament theology in a Sunday school environment and conside...

Should One Support the Other in a Society of Absolute Affluence and Absolute Poverty?

In five pages the writer argues that people of absolute affluence should support those members of society languishing in absolute ...

Causative Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Organism

In six pages this paper examines this tuberculosis organism in a consideration of causes, contributing factors, vaccines, and the ...

Vows and Medieval French Monks

In six pages this paper examines whether or not the Medieval monks of France honored their vows of silence, obedience, poverty, an...

A Portrait of Two Pilgrims in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

The Parson was a learned man. The Parson: "He was a learned man also, a clerk" (480). "Who Christs own gospel...

Poverty and U.S. Immigration Law

In thirty pages this paper examines U.S. immigration laws and how immigrant communities are affected by poverty. Twenty five sour...

Mexican-American Border Culture and Across the Wire by Urrea

died of exposure, eight of whom were babies and expired on Christmas Eve. While the garbage men were used to finding babies in the...

Economic Justice, the Church, and Theories of Poverty

In four pages this paper discusses the role of the Church regarding issues of poverty, economic justice, and government accountabi...

Six Social Theorists Compared

In nine pages social theorists Goffman, Merton, Lukcas are compared with Meade, Parsons, and Horkheimer in terms of their similari...

Poverty and the Social Theories of Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Karl Marx

In fourteen pages this paper evaluates the applicability of the sociological perspectives of theorists Marx, Weber, and Durkheim t...

Public Policy and Poverty

to manipulate the media, instead of just receiving messages. With advances in affordability, miniaturization, and user-friendlines...

Change, Charles Darwin, and Karl Marx

In five pages this paper examines change as conceptualized by Charles Darwin in Descent of Man and by Karl Marx in The Poverty of ...

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996

approximately twenty percent, according to Heritage Foundations Robert Rector. However, in spite of the fact that the numbers did...

Problems of Poverty and Solutions

In five pages this paper examines poverty problems, discusses possible solutions, and emphasizes the importance of education. Fiv...

The Legal Use of Child Labor in Pre-Victorian England

12 pages and 12 sources. This paper relates the specific views of the history of child labor and the use of child labor in early ...

Immigration Effects

cost of keeping the immigrants in jail simply eats money unnecessarily. Another problem that plagues this country is poverty. The...

Poverty in the Third World from a Sociological Perspective

the current problem is the current rate of consumerism, which relies on reduced costs to the businesses of first world states by e...

The Struggle for World Peace: More Attainable Now Than Ever Before

This 5 page paper argues that with the end of the Cold War, world peace is now potentially more attainable than at any time in his...

Gap Between North and South and Third World Poverty Elimination

In five pages this paper considers how to eradicate Third World poverty and hunger along with the global financial gap that contin...