Category: Sociology

The concept of ‘Identity’ is a common theme in both Audrey Yue and Sharon Zukin’s respective articles Shopping in Livable Cities and Whose Culture? Whose City? Both authors attempt to define the various external factors that can shape identity, which range from shopping to cultural inclinations as discussed in depth in both articles. Other supervening…

Table of Contents Narrative investigation Confirmation Bias Over the decades, there have been growing interests in subjective meaning and common sense understanding of social problems. This interest is a response to the manner in which sociological research was previously conducted. In the past, interviewing and lab experiments were important and although they are still important,…

Table of Contents Introduction Why government should support the service Conclusion Introduction Testing of life expectancy in human beings is a controversial area characterized by various debates with no conclusive answers. Scientists in different fields have come up with various formulas trying to predict the length of human life. None however comes close to what…

Table of Contents Separation Relationships in the refugee camps Searching for families Reestablishing relationships Conclusion Work Cited Displacement of people and separation of families have been common occurrences across the globe with common realization during wars. Initial example for such displacements and separations had been realized during the world wars. Sudan, at the brink of…

Table of Contents Introduction Existing Integration of Mediation and Advocacy within a Human Services Agency Merits of Mediation as a Method of Conflict Resolution Conclusion References Introduction Human services agencies can be defined as institutions formed with an aim of providing services that improve the well being of their clients. They are basically involved in…

A small world can be viewed from different perspectives. This can be from the mathematical, physical or sociological perspectives. Small-world network is a mathematical graph. In this graph most nodes don’t neighbor one another. Apart from this, these nodes can be approached from different directions. Small-world networks are characterized by cliques and near-cliques. From the…

Table of Contents Discussion Conclusion Reference List Discussion Many changes have occurred to the civil rights movement over the years. The changes reflect the period in which the people of color strived to gain their rights (Putnam, 2000). Every generation of the movements, such as; Underground Railroad, Abolitionist Movement, and Non-violent Advocates enhanced the efforts…

Sudanese Diaspora Most of the Sudanese living in Canada went there in the year 1980 in search for refuge after their country was involved in a political turmoil (Yossi & Barth, 2003).However, prior to that, there was a small percentage of the Sudanese who had gone to Canada so as to pursue their studies and…

Table of Contents Introduction Historically Causes of Child Soldiers Effects of Child Soldiers Efforts of Stopping the Vice Conclusion References Introduction Any person under the age of eighteen and is involved in any armed force or group passes for a child soldier. In Africa, the problem of child soldiers has been a social thorn for…

Table of Contents Introduction Towards Health Education across Language Barriers Gainful Employment as Inaccessible as Ever Through the Hardships of Misconceptions Conclusion Reference List Introduction Does the language have its impact on people’s lives? Hardly anyone thinks about it. Yet in Canada the problem is rather complicated. Because of the dominance of the English language,…