1,426 words

Gendered division of labor and patriarchy in India and America

Cultural traits can refer to the familiar systems and institutions present throughout human societies including religion, family structures, gender roles and norms, methods and meanings of education, language, and politics or governmental systems.

~8 min read

View paper →

2,213 words

Proposal for a 21-turbine wind farm in southwestern Florida

Florida, the United States and the broader world in particular is facing an energy crisis. Indeed, it is a battle and one with many fronts. There are a number of good reasons out there to find alternative energy.

~12 min read

View paper →

536 words

Parental involvement and literacy development in minority and ELL communities

How do family interactions

~3 min read

View paper →

921 words

The spread and cultural transformation of universalizing religions

Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam are a few of the "universal" or "universalizing" religions. Strayer frames the universalizing religions in terms of the spread of different cultures and ideas throughout the world.

~5 min read

View paper →

618 words

Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower and Earthseed religion

In Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower, the plot focuses on one woman's attempt to start and maintain a new religion for humanity -- one that can give meaning to the people in Los Angeles in a post-apocalyptic world.

~4 min read

View paper →

375 words

Coercive control theory and domestic violence in Behind Closed Doors

The documentary Behind Closed Doors depicts several cases of domestic violence. In all of the anecdotes, women struggle to leave their abusive partners but due to personal and legal factors this is challenging.

~2 min read

View paper →

665 words

Federalist and Anti-federalist visions of American government structure

Federalism seeks a “well constructed Union,” as Madison (1787) put it in Federalist 10, whereas anti-federalists claim “the principles of this system are extremely pernicious, impolitic, and dangerous,” (Henry, 1788).

~4 min read

View paper →

1,276 words

Gender discrimination in US workplaces: effects on organizations and individuals

First, literature related to the fundamentals of discrimination and descriptions of gender discrimination are discussed in the literature.

~7 min read

View paper →

1,278 words

Police killings and resistance to reform in São Paulo

In Sao Paolo, homicide detectives do not serve the same function as they do in the U.S. or any other wealthy and wealthy country; they have a different means of classifying deaths. They cannot and do not investigate crimes in the same way as in wealthy countries.

~7 min read

View paper →

548 words

Evidence-based practice findings on lateral violence in nursing

The findings of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) regarding lateral violence unequivocally denote that it is noxious throughout the nursing profession. Moreover, the harm caused by this phenomenon is destructive on myriad levels.

~3 min read

View paper →