In this article, the author talks of two different groups of young men who live in an area where they see little chance for advancement and have relatively poor economic and educational opportunities. One group, dubbed the "Hallway Hangers," thinks that they will not be able to get ahead in school or life no matter what they do, so they do not make any effort. They do not care about much, and they will not take classes that could prepare them for college or good jobs when they graduate. Many of them do not attend the classes that they are supposed to, and those that do are failing them. They believe that who they know is what matters, not what they know, and so education will not help them to do anything with their lives, get good jobs, or be anything more than they already are.…...
Social Inequality
Cultural Capital, Gender, and School Success
This is one of very few articles that discusses the role that habitus plays in who people are and who they become as they grow and change during their school years. It looks at eighth-graders, both male and female, and studies their participation in various aspects of culture, whether something that is attributed to the school or their peers at the school. The author also gives a good model of how habitus can be incorporated into the equation involving culture and school success, so that it can be seen that there is the possibility that habitus should be studied more thoroughly. Even though cultural capital and educational success have both been studied quite thoroughly, many of the studies have reached conclusions that differ from one another. Because of this, there have been no truly definitive answers found on this subject. With the use of…...
In the 1830s-1850s, Irish-Americans, simply because they were Catholic and "peasants," were discriminated against at every turn and in every way. They were always placed in the lowest skilled jobs, lived in the worst areas, and were paid less than any other worker. This went on for all of the middle 19th century until attention was turned to the Italians, or Greeks, or Polish immigrants (Doran, 2005, p. 3).
And the key to this social inequality is that the "discrimination" is always based on something the minority can't change. Think about it. Blacks have been discriminated against because of the color of their skin, not because they are less intelligent, less educated, less skillful, or less talented. Native American Indians felt social inequality due also to the color of their skin, but as well to the fact that they fought back against those who were invading their land. Could they…...
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Reference List
Arrighi, B. (2001). Understanding inequality: the intersection of race/ethnicity, class, and gender. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Kozol, J. (1996). Amazing Grace; the lives of children and conscience of a nation. New York: Harper Perennial.
Office of Diversity and Inclusion. (2009, September 11). Glossary: Minority. Retrieved September 11, 2009, from U.S. Dept. Of Veterans Affairs: http://www.diversity.hr.va.gov/glossary.html
The lowest-ranking had to jingle a little bell in warning of their polluting approach. In much of India, Dalits were prohibited from entering temple" (India Caste system, ancient India Caste System)
There have been indications since 1450 of changes and a questioning of the caste system. For example, in 1469, the guru Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs, "...refused to accept the caste system and the supremacy of the Brahmanical priests and forbade magic, idolatry and pilgrimages." (The Fifteenth Century 1450-1475)
It was however in the colonial period of the British rule of India that the caste system was extensively critiqued and efforts made to create a more equal society. This was largely due to the influence of the new norms and values brought by the colonizers.
During this period there was also the beginning of various reform movements. These criticized and questioned "...the rigidities of the caste system, the degraded status of…...
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Works Cited
Civil Society And Governance. An Overview Of Issues And Trends In India.
hile war is often a major factor in changing the nature of property ownership, much as major depressions, such as that of 1920 to 1940, another factor can be large increases in competition, such as that in industrial production that has risen in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan since the Vietnam ar (Capitalism pp). All such developments "put stresses on the ability of individuals to finance and mange their operations (Capitalism pp).
Relationships between capitalistic economic enterprise and government are different in different countries (Capitalism pp). hile the United States was trying to limit the size of industrial organizations in an effort to encourage competition, Germany was encouraging combination (Capitalism pp). The French government seized control of all means of communication and kept it (Capitalism pp). Today, the Japanese government maintains close relations with large corporations, "helping to set priorities in production and development, and in deciding who gets to borrow large…...
Those individuals that are at the low end of the spectrum when it comes to earning wages would be happy to see more money in their paychecks as well, and many of the women that were in the workforce during that time were able to perform the jobs just as well as the men could but they were generally not allowed the opportunity (Frager & Patrias, 2006). Even for the women that were allowed to 'compete' with the men, they were still paid significantly less than the men were paid for the same kind of work (Frager & Patrias, 2006).
Paying women more money and paying them equally with men helps out the entire economy for a while because the individuals that have more money are more likely to spend it rather than save it for a time when they may need it most (Frager & Patrias, 2006). A raise…...
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Social Inequality in Trifles
Literary works of fiction are common modes of presenting social issues. For instance, Susan Glaspell's play, Trifles, examines gender issues in society, presenting a story of a woman who killed her husband as a result of her decision to end the mental and physical abuse she suffered at his hand. Through the symbolic use of physical elements, such as the canary and the cage, the quilt, and half-finished tasks, as well as non-physical elements of speech, Glaspell presents a feminist viewpoint that social inequality allows women to be dominated by men, and suffer from isolation and abuse as a result.
Symbolism to demonstrate gender inequality is evident in Trifles through the display of half-finished tasks in the right home. The story opens with reference to the kitchen, where there are "unwashed pans under the sink, a loaf of bread outside the breadbox, a dishtowel on the table" (973).…...
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Works Cited
Angel, Marina. "Teaching the Short Story A Jury of Her Peers and the Play Trifles." Temple
'" (Voltair, Ch. 1) This is a perspective which seems
increasingly ludicrous in the face of war, carnage, inequality and
exploitation, and indeed, encounters with such extreme pessimists as Martin
do reveal this to be something of a farce. To the point, we come to view
this as something of a template for the complacency which had allowed the
inequality of feudalism to persist. The notion that there was some
connection between a divine abolutism and the order of man would allow for
a deeply unequal system to persist.
It is not far into the novella though that a sense of discontent
begins to emerge over the way of things and over the ideas provided by
Pangloss. Guided by the desire throughout his life to be reunited with
Cunegande, with whom he falls in love as a child, Candide is shown many of
the worst miseries which the world can heap upon him. And if Candide and
his fellow travelers are an avatar…...
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Works Cited:
Center for History and New Media (CHNM). (2005). Monarchy Embattled.
Crime is the breaking of rules or laws for which a legal system can provide a conviction (Darrow & Baatz, 2009). Historically, individual human societies have defined crimes differently. Crimes can be considered local, state, or international and can occur in several stages such as planning, disclosure, and intent (Darrow & Baatz, 2009). Many crimes are often unreported, not recorded, not followed through on, and unable to be proved.
According to professors Lawrence Cohen, James Kluegel, and Kenneth Land "the relationships of social inequality to criminal behavior and to the arrest, prosecution, and sentencing of alleged criminal offenders are among the most frequently studied topics in American criminology (1981, p. 505). Cohen, Kluegel, and Land also report that "many citizens and criminologist alike believe that the disadvantaged are less adequately insulted than the advantage from conditions that stimulate crimes and that the disadvantaged receive less favorable treatment from predatory criminals"…...
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References
Barrow, D., & Baatz, S. (2009). Crime: its cause and treatment. New York, NY: Kaplan, Inc.
Cohen, L.E., Kluegel, J.R., & Land, K.G. (1981). Social inequality and predatory criminal victimization: An exposition and test of a formal theory. American Sociological Review, 46(5), 505-524.
Farrington, D.P., & Welsh, B.C. (2007). Saving children from the life of crime. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Sacco, V., & Kennedy, L. (2011). Criminal event: an introduction to criminology. Canada: Wadsworth Publishing Company.
Social Inequality
There are a number of different causes of social inequality, and the sociological perspective allows for the understanding of how social inequality came about, and why it continues to persist. Social inequality is a basic starting point for organized society in the sense that as society became organized, a miniscule class of landowners held all of the wealth. As society has moved away from that highly inequitable starting position, the manner in which this has happened has promoted certain forms of inequality.
Bargaining Power
Inequality is partially economic, and partially social, but the two are linked. Economic and social power often go hand-in-hand, because control over wealthy allows for control over the means of survival. In our society, wealth was initially held by a small class of landowners. Changes to the political system spread some social power -- and through that some wealth -- to all white men. Women, African-Americans and…...
Observers of discrimination may not always recognize what is going on either. If they are not directly affected by the discrimination they may not be in the best position to identify the discrimination and challenge it. It can also be difficult for observers to notice patterns of discrimination between groups. Studies have shown that only when these differences where pointed out did they observers notice what was going on and then attempt to make amends (Iyer, 2007).
In looking at the composite of voters for the state of Colorado, those most likely to vote for the End Affirmative Action measure would be: white women that are between the age 30-64, who hold post graduate degrees. Those that would be most likely to vote against it would be: white males who are between the ages of 45-64, who have college degrees. In looking at the composite of voters for the state of…...
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Works Cited
Iyer, Aarti. "Affirmative Action: Psychological Data and Policy Debates." 2007. University of Exeter. 15 March 2009. www.ercomer.eu/downloads/seminars/2007may.ppt
Dimensions of Social Inequality
ace, Class, Sex, Marriage, Gender: Social Scholars' Dimensions of Social Equity and Inequality
ace, Class, Sex, Marriage, Gender: Social Scholars' Dimensions of Social Equity and Inequality
ace, Gender, Sex, Marriage, and Class
ace, Gender, Sex, Marriage, and Class are themes that are socially and historically constructed by the society and operate on an individual and social level. Academics and social scholars emphasize these dimensions are interdependent, and define social boundaries. In this manner, social studies that investigate these dimensions use them as boundaries that define social inequality and equity. In effect, social scholars limit and restrict people while privileging others by defining social inequality and equity in these dimensions. However, interdisciplinary studies like the multicultural, women studies and geographical studies identify these dimensions as the cause of social stratification. In effect, many college courses address the multiple dimensions of social inequality in terms of race, gender, class, sex, and marriage.…...
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References
Amy, L.W. (2007). Engines of inequality: Class, race, and family structure. Family Law Quarterly, 41(3), 567-599.
Blackburn, R.M. (2008). What is social inequality? The International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 28(7), 250-259.
Carroll, S. & Frank, M. (1996). Law and Inequality: Race, Gender,… and, of Course Class. Annual Review of Sociology, 22, 187-212.
Inaki, P. (2010). The measurement of multidimensional gender inequality: Continuing the debate. Social Indicators Research, 95(2), 181-198.
Wake Up; Take a Shower; Take Breakfast With Other Family Members
Arrive at the bank; pick a waiting ticket; interaction with service staff; a member of staff in the next counter is having a difficult time with a customer
9:00 am: Arrive at my girlfriend's house; help her with laundry and other household chores; watch a movie together
12:30 pm: Having lunch with my girlfriend in a restaurant; in an adjacent table three women are talking about their dating experiences with men in different cultures
2:00 pm: At the parking lot a beggar stops me; he tells me he has no home or family
7:00 pm: Watching evening news -- robbery at a local store and unnecessary shooting of an innocent Black man by a White police officer
Application
Sociology demonstrates that people's daily lives are shaped and constrained by the society (Dillon, 2010). By interacting with and/or watching other individuals at home, work or school,…...
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References
Dillon, M. (2010). Introduction to sociological theory: theorists, concepts, and their applicability to the twenty-first century. UK: John Wiley & Sons.
Hurst, C., Gibbon, H., & Nurse, A. (2016). Social inequality: forms, causes and consequences. 9th ed. New York: Routledge.
Williams, C. (2003). Sky demands: the demands of emotional labour in the airline industry. Gender, Work & Organisation, 10(5), 513-550.
On the contrary, he uses the pretext of working as a male nurse on trading ships of the Argentine national shipping-company to travel to several countries of Latin America, such as Brazil and Venezuela. During one of his voyages he meets two people who would change his views and ultimately, his entire life: Doctor Hugo Pesce in Peru and Fidel astro who shares he's revolutionary vision. Upon graduating from Medical School, influenced by the widespread poverty and social decay affecting Latin America, he devotes himself to the profound study of Marxism, political economy and other related disciplines; it is precisely during this stage in he's life that he realizes his vocation had shifted from medical to revolutionary.
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Social Order and Inequalities
Social order and inequality
Ideas, beliefs, values, norms, roles, statuses, organizations and social class may have impact on an individual's life directly or indirectly. This can be in form of gender and social inequality. The life of my friend Jane who is a woman is an example of how these phenomenon impacts the life of individuals.
Gender inequalities rise from deepening division in the roles that are assigned to men and women, especially in the political, economic and educational sphere. When my friend Jane could not make it to the leadership of their community despite various attempts, it showed that women are always underrepresented in political activities as well as decision making processes. This is brought by the ever existing beliefs that men are better leaders than women. As a woman she is subjected to institutional discrimination where they face problem of accessing education which has limit their opportunity…...
Yes, there are several essay topics that can present opposing viewpoints on the issue of school shootings. Some possible topics include:
1. Gun control laws: Should stricter gun control laws be implemented to prevent school shootings, or does the right to bear arms outweigh the potential risks?
2. Mental health services: Should more resources be allocated to providing mental health services in schools to identify and address potential threats of school shootings, or is this an invasion of privacy and stigmatizing those with mental health issues?
3. School security measures: Should schools invest in increased security measures such as armed guards, metal detectors,....
1. "From the Mailroom to the Boardroom: A Journey Through Social Stratification and Job Opportunities"
This title highlights the hierarchical nature of social structure and job opportunities, suggesting a progression from lower-status jobs to higher-status jobs. It also emphasizes the idea of social mobility, as individuals can potentially move up the ladder through hard work and dedication. The title is concise and descriptive, while also providing a clear framework for the essay.
2. "The Interplay of Class, Status, and Power in the Labor Market: How Social Structure Shapes Job Opportunities"
This title delves deeper into the sociological concepts of class, status, and power,....
1. The Concept of Justice in Rawls and Nozick's Political Theory: - Analyze and compare John Rawls' and Robert Nozick's theories of justice. - Discuss the implications of their views on social and economic equality. - Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their respective arguments.
2. Utilitarianism vs. Deontology: A Comparative Analysis: - Compare and contrast the ethical theories of utilitarianism and deontology. - Explore the strengths and weaknesses of each theory in terms of their application to political decision-making. - Discuss the relevance of these theories in contemporary political debates.
3. The Legitimacy of Political Authority: - Examine different theories of....
A Comprehensive Examination of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird: Exploring Themes, Characters, and Symbolism
1. The Injustice and Innocence of Mockingbirds: A Literary Analysis of To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Power of Empathy and Perspective in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
3. The Complexities of Race, Class, and Prejudice in To Kill a Mockingbird: A Critical Examination
4. To Kill a Mockingbird: A Timeless Tale of Childhood, Loss, and Social Inequality
5. The Role of Symbolism in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
6. Mockingbird as Metaphor: The Destruction of Innocence and the Burden of Empathy
7. The Evolution of Scout Finch: The Journey....
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