Category: Sociology

Australia is one of the most diverse societies in the world. Multiculturalism is one of the characteristic features of this country as its history began with mass immigration that has never ended (Nicolacopoulos & Vassilacopoulos 2012). Australia was the place where people from Europe started immigrating in the 18th century. Soon, individuals from different parts…

Foucault asserts in his seminal text The History of Sexuality the evolution of sexuality and how carnal pleasures gradually became something to look down upon by the society on grounds of impropriety and being against the work ethic of the Victorian industrialism. The silence for centuries and the inherent hypocrisy involved in the repression is…

Table of Contents Class Identity Racial Identity The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Power Effect of Labels Code Switching Class Identity Many scholars have paid a lot of attention to class identity recently. Apparently, class identity plays a very important role in every individual’s life. It considerably shapes people’s behavior. Admittedly, people pertaining to different classes differ in…

Table of Contents Introduction Book Summary Critical Analysis Conclusion References Introduction Going by the scholarly reviews that have been done on the book The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier and the numerous praiseworthy comments that have made on it; this book is undoubtedly a geographically-oriented economic masterpiece worth being given a serious reading. According to…

Americanization was a euphoric movement that intended to integrate immigrant people in America into the American way of life. The subjects of Americanization were coerced into adopting American values and culture. Americanization movement came under criticism for the segregation it seemed to propagate. Some people claimed that the movement also had a racist nature (Finzsch…

The process of reality cognition and the design of concepts that will later on be used in communication are truly miraculous. The differences in the cultural and social background seemingly eliminate the opportunity for people to create a successful discourse that could be easily understandable for others. However, the coexistence of people in the society…

Table of Contents Introduction Book Summary Critical Analysis Conclusion References Introduction Going by the scholarly reviews that have been done on the book The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier and the numerous praiseworthy comments that have made on it; this book is undoubtedly a geographically-oriented economic masterpiece worth being given a serious reading. According to…

Table of Contents Introduction Problem statement Methodology Literature review Discussion Conclusion References Introduction The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) is made up of six countries in the Arabian Gulf. The six countries are “Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arabs Emirates (UAE), Oman and Bahrain” (Al-Nasr 2011, p. 43). The GCC countries are similar in their…

Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Introduction We definitely live in a gendered society where social roles were distributed centuries ago. Being an Indian woman in the US society, I can claim that the world is ruled by males and this reign is unlikely to cease to exist in the nearest future. Life in…

Table of Contents Introduction Article Summary Applying Social Concepts and Theories Conclusion Reference List Introduction The article under consideration is “Editorial: Gendering change: The next step” written by Benschop, Y., Mills, J. H., Mills, A., and Tienari, J. in 2012 and presented in the Gender, Work and Organization magazine. The world has already entered the…