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The Sociology and Social Work Perspectives of Black American Pioneers

a greater effect on African Americans than practically any other book published up until that time. William H. Ferris writes in 1...

ICT Learning Program Design

Social constructivism is a part of the larger school of cognitive constructivism, developed by the Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsk...

Editorial Response to WMDs Issues

George Bushs call for the turning over of weapons of mass destruction have argued that Bushs interests have been purely economic, ...

Student Social Work Case Study Assessment

extent challenged when her cousin decided to get married. Up until that point, Ludmilla had created and lived a life where at leas...

Dan Quayle Article Critique

popular as a lifestyle choice amongst Americans. He refers specifically to these changes as being "dysfunctional", rather than as ...

Turner's Theory and the Use of Text in Film as Interactive Social Practice

the change - dwindling audience numbers, and the need to cope with more complex narrative structures, for instance - were the outw...

Ursula K. LeGuin's 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas'

tend to our own affairs, doing what has to be done and then relaxing as reward or for regeneration enabling us to repeat the proce...

Sex Education as a Social Problem

about sex education is a conflict wherein the dominant group in the society is determining where and how this education should tak...

Prostitution Deviance and Theories of Sociology

exchange for money and in the absence of an existing social relationship is deviant in comparison with the normative culture. But...

2 Essays on Social Work and the 'Worthy Poor'

(Trattner, 1999). Accordingly, leaders in the field of social work began to urge a pro-active stance toward the nations mounting p...

Sociological Intervention Tactics in There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotliwitz

fictional. Indeed, this book vividly portrays the harsh reality which so many of us have refused to acknowledge. The same factor...

Categorizing Films Through Genre

in that the main character, Abdel, has been abused by the police. He has been beaten so badly that he has had to be hospitalized. ...

Social Groups and Alcoholism Research

family arguments or fights after drinking? (Usually, often, sometimes, never) Responses to these questions establish a profile o...

Social Change and the Law

as law ... as ... writing some statute into a code book, having a court interpret a law, does not make anything happen. Law only i...

New Deal Policies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt

addition to the stock market crash. The situation which developed after the end of World War I was one of the primary factors....

Education, Politics And The Student: How Traditional Cultural Expectations Challenge And Shape Twentieth Century Educational Systems

and speak the truth; without the ability to stand against wrongdoing, people remain pawns of a contemptible political system run b...

Poverty in the United States as a Social Problem: Causes, Theories, and Proposed Remedies

percent in 2004 (Spriggs, 2006). Beckley (2007) discusses that based on federal government measurements - known as the poverty li...

Mekong Bottled Mineral Water Report Assessment

in the region of 1. However, there may not need to be a fast realization of the assets. The problem may arise if other asset group...

Social Justice : Hiv/Aids, Obesity, Aging

HIV/AIDS cannot be spread through hugging or touching someone with the virus, Americans are still very much afraid of this disease...

The Suffering of Anorexia

In seven pages the eating disorder known as anorexia is interpreted as a kind of suffering in terms of its characteristics as a so...

Post-1930s Politics in Western Canada

the Winnipeg frontier once prospered in Anglo capitalist wealth, but when immigrants, predominantly from Eastern Europe, began rel...

Downsizing and Retrenchment in Higher Education

quickly, but these are times that the institutions have to appear as if they are making rational decisions (Ashar & Shapiro, 1990)...

Race in Denver

their own observations and experiences. In looking at the city of Denver it appears as though the majority of the population is ...

Meeting Social Needs of International Employees

employees sent to work abroad on either short or long term assignments. The reasons behind this pattern are numerous revolving aro...

Life on the Outside by Gonnerman

careful not to reveal her real feelings. Gonnerman (2004) emphasizes the problems with the Rockefeller drug laws. For example, Gon...

Learning Social and Emotional Skills

responsible decisions: 1. Manage your emotions and regulate feelings so they help rather than impede (Elias, 2003, p. 9). 2. Under...

FONTERRA CO-OP AND BUSINESS STRUCTURE

comes to action. Another issue is that of the financial structure of the company. The heads of Fonterra are supporting par...

CRIMINOLOGY THEORY AND SOCIAL POLICY

"branches," these include the social learning theory, social control theory and social reaction theory. Accordihng to Siegel, the ...

California's Budget Cuts not a Reason to Cut Social Services

It is a dangerous to cut social service programs. California is setting itself up for a police state. Background...

Drug Use, Abuse and Treatment in a Social Interactive Approach

difference plays a part in substance use and abuse. In other words, females are more inclined to be judged by their peers and pare...