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Andrew Cherlin's Introduction to Public and Private Families

we spend most of our personal lives, it is within this context that we make decisions about personal concerns, like whether to mar...

Culture, Demographics and Socioeconomics of the Black American Family

earned a bachelors degree by March 2000. This is considered as the highest degree of educational attainment ever recorded in Afric...

Social Life and Intellect in Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

and find neither peril nor advantage in the free interchange of their thoughts. If they meet by accident, they neither seek nor av...

U.S. Civil War and Reasons for the South's Loss

that served as the primary reason that numerous white Americans were able to participate in other interests and occupations withou...

Social Science: Holy

sons of ministers or had themselves been ministers or studied in divinity schools" (Coser 283). This clearly lays a foundation for...

The Appeal Industry

This 10 page paper examines the influences on the apparel industry in the United States. The paper starts by looking at the genera...

The Indian-Pakistani Conflict

In the 1930s came the notion of a newly named region, and the name Pakistan came from an idea one man, Chaudhuri Rahmat Ali, posse...

Private Housing and Social Housing Development Process Characteristics in the U.S. and Singapore

to enforce special rules called CC&Rs (covenants, conditions and restrictions) and to raise money through regular and special asse...

Global Social Mores Decaying

point accusing fingers at countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, and Rwanda where horrors like female genital mutilation and wa...

British and U.S. Welfare Systems

Establishing policy is a process both lengthy and involved, more often than not fraught with painful compromise. From the very fi...

Society and Art

(Herbert). As a consequence of North Korean policies, the works were all complied with state-authorized styles and lacked the auth...

Shortcomings of Social Security

Act provided only retirement benefits and only to workers (Steinbrink and Cook 209). One of a multitude of little known facts pert...

American Society Problems

of Navajo and Zuni reservations and this is widely seen and known by most. And, it seems that no matter how educated they become, ...

Social Security Coverage in New Jersey

institution in question paid a portion of the FICA tax, which, combined, equaled one half of the total tax and the student employe...

Motherhood and its Ontological Assumptions

workforce will slack off as she, rightly, attends to the young infant. Thus, more credence is given to the male in the workforce, ...

Political Systems Comparison

coercion is prevalent (British Library, 2003). However, big business has become so big and capital has become so concentrated in f...

Nature According to Jean Jacques Rousseau

In five pages this paper examines how the state of nature is addressed in the Social Contract of Jean Jacques Rousseau. One sourc...

Citizenship, Rights, Identities, and Gender

ideal women are inferior. Based upon a conviction of inferiority, male authorities were then able to design lifestyles for women,...

American Blacks and Political and Social Justice

In four pages this research paper chronicles the history of blacks in the United States in a consideration of their quest for soci...

Capital Punishment and Juveniles

In nine pages political, social, and economic issues are considered in this discussion of juvenile offenders and capital punishmen...

U.S. and Capital Punishment

of a stratified society and so are economically disadvantaged. Statistics bear out that there are proportionately more minorities ...

Comparison of Health and Public Education Policies in Japan, Europe, and the United States

In seven pages the social policies of Japan, Europe, and the United States are compared with the primary focuses being healthcare ...

Past and Future US Welfare Policy

federal government was not responsible, so the program was never reversed. Jansson & Smith explain that economic progress between...

Retirement, Wealth, and Social Security

In twenty pages this paper compares the Social Security systems of Chile and the United States in a consideration of wealth and re...

Financial Problems and the U.S. Social Security System

possible minute to jump into action. However, there is not much more time available if something is ultimately going to remedy th...

Payment Transfers in Welfare States

This paper compares the United States to other countries of the world with regard to payment transfers within the welfare system w...

Casino Gambling and Economics

In eight pages the prospect of legalizing gaming casinos is examined in terms of local and state government economic consideration...

NJ Social Services Programs

In five pages this paper examines New Jersey's social service programs in a consideration of such groups as the 'Self Help Clearin...

Amadou Diallo and the Use of Excessive Violence by the NYPD

In a paper consisting of five pages use of excessive force in gunning down Amadou Diallo, a noncriminal, is discussed within the c...

Feminism, Science, and Philosophy

In nine pages this research paper examines the ongoing debate regarding feminist philosophy and feminist science, addressing such ...