Category: Sociology

The older generation has gone through a changing world and there are many stories that can teach the younger generation about life and morality. One of the most significant times in modern history is the period after the end of World War II. The world was torn apart and nations were in a very devastating…

Introduction Feminism has continued to promote equal rights for both men and women. This has encompassed employment settings. In fact, it now seeks to achieve equality in home settings. The article explores the validity of a claim by most women that they opt out of work to raise children by choice. However, this has not…

Blues City; by novelist Ishmael Reed compounds his experience from 1979, detailing the struggles and difficulties the people of Oakland went through. Blues City analyses Oakland under the leadership of Mayor Jerry Brown and criticizes the activities and plans of the mayor. The book focuses on the tour of historic sites and homes and also…

The main idea of the article Bystander Attitudes toward Victims of Violence: Who’s Worth Helping? by Laner, Benin and Ventrone is based on the reflections how the decision to help someone who is abused is dependent on whether, how or whom is abused. The article provides an analysis of the of bystander behavior in the…

During the 19th Century, the industrial expansion that was taking place in the South attracted a huge number of Mexicans to the United States as temporal migrant workers. Industries in the South recruited and exploited the Mexicans for cheap labor. They worked in farms, mine industries, railroad companies, and in other manual jobs as well…

Compare and contrast the concepts of integrated rural development and agricultural transformation with a specific example of a country or a region. Rural integration development is a process that aims at alleviating poverty in a given region by pulling limited resources together and making maximum use of the resources. An example is a group of…

According to Luther (1963), injustice cannot be confined to one place and if it happens in a given locality it’s bound to spread to the other parts. All communities are interrelated and if injustices affect one part of the community directly, it affects the entire society indirectly. He further asserts that, the whites in Birmingham…

The first study presented in the article titled ‘Spies like Us’ was done by Ellis. This was an ethnographic study on Guinea Watermen. The guinea was engaged largely in fishing activities leading to Ellis giving them the nickname ‘Fishnecks’ to conceal their identity in her study report. Ellis did not conceal her identity to the…

Human sociality is a complicated and a difficult to understand phenomenon. Nevertheless, numerous sociologists such as Ervin Goffman and Harold Garfinkel have attempted to unpack it. Goffman and Garfinkel offer practical insights on factors that mediate social interactions. For the sake of this assignment, Goffman and Garfinkel assumptions are analyzed Vis a Vis our family…

Table of Contents Introduction and Research Purpose Literature Review Methodology Results and Findings Evaluation and Reflections Introduction and Research Purpose The article to be summarised in this paper is “Using Digital Storytelling to Build a Sense of National Identity Amongst Emirati Students” by John Raven and Karen O’Donnell. The topic of the research as indicated…