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Topics of Sociology and Theory

for a time. It appears that Marxs ideas come from life experience and his own prejudices as well as sociological observations in t...

Globalization, Social Stratification, and Theory

observed between blacks and mainstream society. What we are observing in modern day society in regard to the refusal of cer...

20th Century Changes in Organizational Structure, Ideology, and Leadership

has changed considerably over the years as has the political identity of this country and how it is perceived both by its citizens...

Classical Sociology and Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

apartment or services, they end up on the streets living on wages equivalent to five or six dollars per hour. As if that is not ha...

Moral Education and Personal Philosophy

being more or less universally accepted, teachers tend to be reluctant to discuss character education and moral development (Richm...

The Baseball 'Business' from a Sociological Perspective

makes more money for the team, so while a player may command a million dollar salary, the team owners profit much more than he doe...

Religion and Sociological Theory

merit. Indeed, religion is used to control the masses to some extent and people use religion for functional reasons. It helps them...

Common Questions About Classical Sociology

the end, Marx does care about how the people feel and how they fare in daily life. Unlike Weber, Marx views alienation as a proble...

Anna Fogerty Case and Massachusetts 209A Protective Order

rights. This qualitative study of the issues applies the concept of government and neoinstitutionalism to one application ...

Indian Politics and the Significance of Religion

With this, one may be critical of modern life (1008). Further, some thinkers look at Durkheims "social cement " and equate it wit...

Society, the Individual, and Sociology

themselves. It is in adjusting to change that people lose their ground. Meaning and purpose in life is lost. Thus, clinical depres...

Structural Functionalism and 4 Sociological Readings

reality, public opinion and opposition that makes a specific action a crime, not the act in and of itself (1984). This is an insig...

Dante the Sociologist.

the founders of modern sociology; his interests were wide ranging, including the sociology of politics and the sociology of religi...

Calvinism Genesis of Capitalism

The entitled topic represents one part of this paper, which discusses four philosophers. Weber proved his point that Calvinism pla...

Differing Opinions about Society

Karl Marx is known for his arguments against capitalism and how the elite exploit the weak. Durkheim is known for considering the ...

Briefly, The Foundations of Sociology

is also interesting in light of todays social interaction theories. Both of the above are functionalist theories and from t...

Classical Sociology Concepts

everyone is unhappy in society and to look at the world as one composed of boxes or cages or bureaucracy seems rather hopeless. In...

Social Life in Terms of Religion and Action

consciousness is the way in which society defines crime. "We know that crime offends against widely-held, intense feelings; but i...

Leon Trotsky's Thinking on Nazi Rituals

for himself..." (Trotsky, 1933, p. 399). He says that a leader is "the individual supply to meet a collective demand" (Trotsky, 19...

Analyzing Bowling for Columbine from a Sociological Perspective

Marx). In other words, Marx saw societies as being composed of classes in constant conflict. Differing markedly from his predecess...

Society of Canada

In nine pages the influence of various philosophers on the society of Canada are considered and include Max Weber, Friedrich Hegel...

Sociological Analysis of El Salvador's El Mozote Massacre

In twelve pages this paper applies theories by Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Karl Marx to this El Salvador massacre. There are m...

Public Policy and Poverty

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

Alienation and Anomie

In five pages contemporary relevance is considered in a comparative analysis of the alienation concept of Karl Marx and the anomie...

Historical Materialism Theory of Karl Marx

were "capitalists." There was obviously trade and money and, of course, there were merchants profiting from buying and selling. Bu...

Individualism and the US Family

In forty eight pages this paper examines individualism and the American family through an application of theories by Karl Marx, Em...

Durheim's Theories, Mechanistic and Organic Solidarity

In seven pages this research paper examines how to define the theories of Emile Durkheim by examining mechanistic and organic soli...

Inner City Education and a Baltimore Case Study

In ten pages education in urban areas are discussed with an examination of Baltimore's failed 1990s' school improvement initiative...

Sociological Theories of Structural Functionalism

at the functions they serve. Guns serve the function to protect or to allow an individuals to lash out at society. A wife serves t...

Overview of Divorce

In twelve pages divorce is examined from the sociological perspectives of Emile Durkheim with studies considered and issues such a...