Category: Sociology
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The Role of Resocialisation in Society
Table of Contents Resocialisation in Organisations Features of Resocialisation Coping With Resocialisation References Resocialisation can be described as the change of existing social roles with new ones (Ferrante, 2010, p. 139). People are made to adapt to the new roles because of the situations they get themselves in. Socialisation involves making people more aware of…
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Disenfranchisement Situation and Theory of Change
Table of Contents About the Issue A Change Theory, Related Change Processes, and Implementation Ethical Challenges and Code of Ethics References Many controversial societal issues exist in the United States nowadays. One that should be addressed as soon as possible is the question of the disenfranchisement of ex-felons. Presently, nearly 6 millions of people in…
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The Creative Class in the American Society
Creativity is an important value shared within the modern developed society. Today, the growth of such industries where creativity plays a key role is observed and fixed by economists. As a result, society requires the development of a new class of creative people who can respond to the demands on contemporary economic progress. In his…
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Qualitative Research in Wilkes-Barre
It is not an easy task to find a place in order to observe people and try to understand their interests, needs, and plans. In Wilkes-Barre, there is a public square where people are occupied with a variety of thoughts and activities, and each period of time has its own characteristics and peculiarities. Even the…
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America, the Solution to the World’s Poor Children
Table of Contents Introduction Singer’s solution Works Cited Introduction One of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); eight goals adopted by United Nations member states is to eradicate poverty in the world especially in the developing and the underdeveloped countries. The United States of America as one of the G8 countries has established agencies like UNICEF…
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Chapters 1-2 of Parekh’s “A New Politics of Identity”
In Chapter 1 (Introduction) and in Chapter 2 (The concept of identity) of the Bhikhu Parekh’s 2008 book ‘A new politics of identity: Political principles for an independent world,’ the author provides readers with an insight into the very notion of one’s self-identity. He also elaborates on what he considers the effects of Globalization on…
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Disenfranchisement of Ex-felons: Issue of Society
Disenfranchisement of ex-felons is the issue that has a great effect on society. It proves that our world is not perfect not only because some people commit crimes but also because our juridical system segregates the population and limits the rights of particular groups. In 2004, more than 4.5 million Americans were not allowed to…
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Immigrants in the United States
In the last two decades, immigration has become a pressing issue and has in turn led to an explosion of theories and research trying to find out its main causes. The main causes of existence of immigration are due to superiority of American economy as compared to other economies, and also religious and political reasons.…
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Income Gaps: Overcoming Disparities
In spite of the developed and supported the concept of equality related to the aspects of the U.S. social and economic spheres of life, differences in the income levels of males and females who can belong to different ethnic backgrounds are still observed. It is important to note that women’s incomes are lower than men’s…
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Addressing Ex-Felon Disenfranchisement
Description of the issue “One man, one vote” — this statement is used to describe the American democracy that presupposes the right to vote for every individual, regardless race and socio-cultural background. Throughout the history, America practiced the limitations of rights for particular groups of people. Although the country demonstrates its ability to eliminate racial…