Category: Sociology
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Study of a Genre
Table of Contents Introduction Feminism, Humanism and Science in Alien Feminism and Anxiety in Alien The Ladykillers by the Coen Brothers Conclusion References Introduction In the study of films, there is the use of the formal-aesthetic and cultural-ideological approaches. Here, the formal-aesthetic approach means the study of the internal elements of a film rather than…
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Dream Act as an Acronym for Development, Relief, and Education
Table of Contents Introduction Amnesty Programme Works Cited Introduction Over the ages, nations have prospered by legislating appropriate laws which are relevant to their well-being and their population at large. Dream Act is one of those laws which contain the welfare of citizens at heart. Dream Act is an acronym for Development, Relief, and Education…
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The Sociology of Modernization and Development
Table of Contents Community Empowerment Community development Social Capital Globalisation References Community In sociology, the term community is used to refer to a group of interacting people who have certain common parameters or conditions that bind them together; within a community, members have the sense of belonging and have collective identities among them. Communities can…
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In Defense of Whistle Blowing
The word “whistleblower” defines a person who divulges to another person, in authority or the public, about any alleged illegal activities and dishonest occurrences in a company, private organization, or governmental department. The misconduct could be a violation of rules, laws or regulation, a fraud, a threat to the public, safety violation, and corrupt dealings.…
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Human Tragedy and Cruelty
Human history is full of various dark spots. Contemporary people often contemplate events which took place years ago. These people often argue that all those horrors could never have happened if people had been wiser. However, these very ‘thinkers’ do not understand that their ‘right paths’ are far from being realistic. Of course, there are…
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Learning to Speak about the Controversial issues
Vance’s Vision of Sex and Gender Issues: Pornography as a Means to Commercialize Man-and-Woman Relationships In her book, Carole Vance makes the audience stand in the shoes of a woman and consider the issue of pornography from a perspective of a feminist and a woman’s rights protector. The author offers a new insight on the…
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Concept of Life-Course Perspective in Society
Table of Contents Background of the interviewee Understanding Vivian’s life References Social work believes that people’s current behaviors are largely influenced by past events and experiences throughout their life-course. Life-course perspective provides a model for understanding human behavior by looking at the series of events and experiences that occur at different stages of an individual’s…
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Children and Play Process
Unfortunately, children who grow up in cities lack the necessary environment for informal games. All children from both the urban and rural areas need to play for their normal development. This involves physical, social, intellectual, and emotional aspects. Examining the term “play”, the meaning we get is informal games not the properly organized ones, such…
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The Peculiarities of Modernity in the United Arab Emirates
The process of globalization, the expansion of the economic ties and phenomenon of multiculturalism are the main features of the modern social evolution which can be considered as the aspects of modernity. The notion of modernity is relevant for discussing the processes by which the development of the contemporary United Arab Emirates (UAE) is characterized.…
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The Price of Non-Disclosure as References through Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation
“We’ll be listening to you” (Coppola, 1974) – is the final phrase of the movie that turns the life of the major character into hell and makes him considerably change own life and own perception of this world. The story under consideration, created by Francis Ford Coppola in far 1974, touches upon numerous aspects of…