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  • Should Social Security Be Privatized

    Should Social Security Be Privatized

    Should Social Security be Privatized? Many people don't understand how the Social Security system really works. There are no separate Social Security "accounts" set up for each taxpayer to which he contributes his Social Security "tax" each year. Many people believe these accounts exist, that the money they pay into their accounts grows each year until retirement, and when they retire they get back what they paid in with interest. This is not true. Most

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Max
  • What Is Prejudice? What Causes one to Be Prejudice? in to Kill a Mockingbird, There Were Three Types of Prejudice: Racial, Social, and Sexual

    What Is Prejudice? What Causes one to Be Prejudice? in to Kill a Mockingbird, There Were Three Types of Prejudice: Racial, Social, and Sexual

    What is prejudice? What causes one to be prejudice? In To Kill a Mockingbird, there were three types of prejudice: racial, social, and sexual. Racial prejudice was shown in many ways. For example, Tom Robinson was accused of raping a white woman. It was clear to see that he was a disable Black man. Even though Atticus had provided enough evidence to acquit Tom of all charges he still went to prison. In addition,

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    Essay Length: 494 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Victor
  • Gender Socialization

    Gender Socialization

    Gender Socialization Sociology 100 Before a newborn child takes his or her first breath of life outside the mother’s womb, he or she is distinguishable and characterized by gender. A baby is born and the doctor looks at the proud parents or parent and says three simple words: Its a boy, or Its a girl The baby is brought home and dressed in clothes that help friends, family and even strangers identify the sex of

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Describe and Analyze the Social, Political, and Economic Effects of European Contact with the Americas Between 1450 and 1550

    Describe and Analyze the Social, Political, and Economic Effects of European Contact with the Americas Between 1450 and 1550

    Between the 1450, and 1550, as the Europeans infiltrated and dominated the Americas, this revolutionizing contact altered “the way of life” for the Native Americans. The Spanish empire imbibed the Native American culture and took them under their rule due to the Spaniards advanced weapons and technologies which overpowered the simple defense systems of the Americans. Although the Spaniards opened the American’s eyes to the potential of their lands, the Americans were put under slave

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Edward
  • Social Capital

    Social Capital

    The idea of researching social capital in firms and organizations is relatively new. “Social capital theorists have long argued that personal relationships provide people with labor market opportunities. Conventional wisdom suggest that by relying on personal contacts with friends, relatives, and acquaintances, workers are able to find employment that might not be readily accessible through more formal job search channels, such as reading the want ads or applying directly to employers” (McDonald, & Elder, p.521).

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Social Class Divisions and the Effects on Women of Victorian England

    Social Class Divisions and the Effects on Women of Victorian England

    Social Class Divisions and the Effects on Women of Victorian England Two hundred years ago, during the reign of Queen Victoria in England, the social barriers of the Victorian class system firmly defined the roles of women. The families of Victorian England were divided into four distinct classes: the Nobility or Gentry Class, the Middle Class, the Upper Working Class, and lastly, the Lower Working class . The women of these classes each had their

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    Essay Length: 1,225 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Privatization of Social Security

    Privatization of Social Security

    Recently, the future state of Social Security has been a hot issue in our country. Some feel that the remedy for any future problems is the privatization of Social Security. While this may be good on paper, it is a horrible idea. The national government is pushing more in favor of privatization of Social Security, and will indeed affect Americans in a negative way because future retirees won’t be protected against inflation, it has

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    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Gender Roles and Socialization in Adolescence

    Gender Roles and Socialization in Adolescence

    From Girl to Woman: Gender Roles and Socialization in Adolescence Reviving Ophelia: A Brief Overview Adolescence is one of the most difficult times for development. This difficulty is experienced very differently for boys and girls. This paper will examine how gender role socialization effects girls more specifically, the emergence of eating disorders and depression in adolescent girls. Mary Pipher, Ph.D. in her book “Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls”, discusses extensively the

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    Essay Length: 1,526 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Jon
  • Language Socialization Theory and “once upon a Time When We Were Colored”

    Language Socialization Theory and “once upon a Time When We Were Colored”

    Language Socialization Theory Robert Purple HMD 306: Language Narrative and Self Professor Welles-Nystrцm Due October 11th Robert Purple Language Socialization Theory and “Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored” The language socialization theory can be defined as the perspective that socio-cultural information is generally encoded in the organization of conversational discourse and this encoded information aids in the gain of tacit knowledge of principles of social order and systems of belief. In other

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    Essay Length: 2,021 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Edward
  • Corporate Social Responsibility

    Corporate Social Responsibility

    Living Dangerously in Two Worlds In my paper I will be discussing the topics related to corporate social responsibility. Corporate social responsibility (CSR, also called corporate responsibility, corporate citizenship, and responsible business) is a concept whereby organizations consider the interests of society by taking responsibility for the impact of their activities on customers, suppliers, employees, shareholders, communities and other stakeholders, as well as the environment. This obligation is seen to extend beyond the statutory obligation

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    Essay Length: 3,142 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: David
  • Race in Social Problems

    Race in Social Problems

    Last semester when I signed up for classes, I thought Sociology 260: Social Problems in the US would be a course where a minimal amount of time would be spent on discussing social problems and a maximum amount of time would be used to discuss public policies to combat such social problems. I wanted to jump the gun. I did not see that in order to implement a public policy, which would be of use,

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    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Wendy
  • The Social Side of Decision Making

    The Social Side of Decision Making

    It can be difficult to come to a group consensus when making conscious decisions. Quite often people worry about what others are thinking about them and not about the subject at hand. It is easy to get caught up in social pressures. It is important to keep a sense of self and not let the group or other individuals influence decisions. Often time’s people are not concentrating on what is being said at all, but

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    Essay Length: 852 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Edward
  • Social Security

    Social Security

    How long do you plan on living? When you retire, where will you get the money to support yourself? Can you rely on Social Security to be there for you when it’s your turn to retire? In 1935 when Social Security was created there were 40 workers for every beneficiary of Social Security. Today there are about 3.3 workers supporting one beneficiary. When we are ready to retire there will only be two workers supporting

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    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Fonta
  • The Relationship Between Sociology and Other Social Sciences

    The Relationship Between Sociology and Other Social Sciences

    Social work deals with human behaviour on a micro-scale, compared to the macro-scale study of human behaviour that is involved in Sociology. Social workers are more practical and "hands-on". They deal with human behaviour on a person to person, individual basis compared to the more academically based sociologists who are more theory-oriented and study human behaviour as a whole. Psychologists try to understand the working of the human mind (thoughts, emotions, principles, experience) and how

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    Submitted: February 1, 2010 By: Anna
  • Laws to Keep Social Order

    Laws to Keep Social Order

    In order to keep society in order, there must be written laws, and further more, there must be individuals and groups to enforce these laws. Some of todays laws are from the begining of the US civilization, and some are from recent years, but there is always room for improvement. Thus is why I have compiled 3 new laws made by myself that would help modern days society. My first law would enforce immigrants to

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    Submitted: February 1, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Theory of Darwin

    Theory of Darwin

    Bill Law Intro. To Anthropology Prof. Salazar 4 February 2003 A Theory Evolves 1. Darwin was unable to explain the manner in which life, specifically the genetic makeup of a life form could change to allow natural selection to occur. The modern synthesis of genetics and the new evolutionary theory filled in the gap by explaining the occurrences of mutation and other sources of variation in a population through a genetic change in the populations

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    Submitted: February 1, 2010 By: Artur
  • Social Psychology

    Social Psychology

    Critique of: Catharsis, Aggression, and Persuasive Influence: Self-Fulfilling or Self-Defeating Prophecy Introduction: Catharsis, Aggression, and Persuasive Influence: Self-Fulfilling or Self-Defeating Prophecies is an article based on two studies that consisted of a procatharsis message and a anticatharsis message that were given to their participants to see how their aggression differed while hitting a punching bag after reading the message in which they were given. The purpose of the study was to see how aggressive a

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    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: regina
  • Social Security

    Social Security

    Social Security Social Security is a public program designed to provide income and services to individuals in the event of retirement, sickness, disability, death, or unemployment. In the United States, the word social security refers to the programs established in 1935 under the Social Security Act. Societies throughout history have devised ways to support people who cannot support themselves. In 1937 the government began issuing Social Security identification cards to all citizens. Each card

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    Submitted: February 2, 2010 By: Steve
  • My Philosophy on Social Welfare

    My Philosophy on Social Welfare

    RUNNING HEADER: My Philosophy on Social Welfare My Philosophy on Social Welfare Bergen Community College Course: Introduction to Human Services Prof. Dawn Fitzgerald, MSW, LCADC Ralph Antinori I. Introduction It can be said that the status of modern America is where it stands now on account of its wealth and economic power. In spite of this reality there is much disparity considering the affluent and the underprivileged. In order to bridge the seeming divide between

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Positive and Negative Social Aspects of the Internet

    The Positive and Negative Social Aspects of the Internet

    The Positive and Negative Social Aspects of the Internet The internet is a magnificent tool that we use in many aspects of our society. It has been very helpful in regards to business, education, socialization, recreation and so much more. The internet has also been very harmful in regards to all those things as well, even communication. We are discussing the social aspects of the internet and their positive and negative effects. There has been

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Vika
  • Importance of Ethics and Social Responsibility

    Importance of Ethics and Social Responsibility

    Importance of Ethics and Social Responsibility Where would business be without ethics? Without ethics what would stop the average corporation from gouging prices and giving out limited dividends. A lot of people use the term social responsibility synonymously with the term business ethics. Personally, I feel that social responsibility is a big piece of the business ethics pie. Ethics is a broad concept that entails many facets included in decision making. On the other hand,

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: July
  • Socialism and Irish Nationalism

    Socialism and Irish Nationalism

    The 1913 Lockout was the culmination of several years of political organisation and agitation among the unskilled working class, carried out primarily through the Irish Transport Workers Union. The ITGWU had been founded by Larkin in 1909 specifically as a union of the unskilled, long deemed 'unorganisable' by the official trade union movement. The open militancy of the ITGWU was a new departure in the history of the Irish trade union movement and the organisation

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    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: Mike
  • Social Issues with Tutoring

    Social Issues with Tutoring

    When I left my last class at USC to go towards Dorsey High School, I did not know what to expect. Prior to going there, I was given a set of rules about this school. I was told not to wear red or blue and that sometimes there are lock downs at the school. All of this was new to me and I didn’t know how I should react once I got there. When

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    Essay Length: 526 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 6, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Charles Darwin

    Charles Darwin

    Asad Charles Darwin Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. His mother's name was Susannah Wedgewood. His mother was the daughter to a famous pottery expert named Josiah Wedgwood. His father was a very wealthy physician named Robert Waring Darwin. His Grandfather, Erasmus Darwin was a famous poet, physician, and philosopher. Young Charles was destined to make something of himself the day he was born. In 1818, young Charles began school

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    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Jack
  • An User Groups Exercise Influence on the Making of Social Policies and Welfare Provision?

    An User Groups Exercise Influence on the Making of Social Policies and Welfare Provision?

    British social policy has historically been dominated by politicians, academics and practitioners, with recipients of welfare provision and their carers having little say in the shaping and development, or ownership of their services. Over the past few decades there has been significant growth in service user movements who are working to transform discussions, policy initiatives, systems and research within this field (Campbell, 1996; Campbell and Oliver, 1996, cited in Beresford, 2001). The last 15 years

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    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Max

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