Essays and Research Papers on Issues In Sociology/Mixed

This 9 page paper discusses three specific issues: how the family has changed and how this may affect career development; the function and services of the placement office and how this has changed over the years, including the services that they provide; and the changing workplace and the core competencies employees need to have today. ...

A 5 page paper which examines the definition of a community. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 10 page report discusses Symbolic Convergence Theory (SCT) or “fantasy theme theory” and its many components. Explanation of the theory, its ramifications, and a literature review are included. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 11 page paper considers the way in which the perception and treatment of the disabled changed as a result of industrialization. The writer considers the situation prior to industrialization and the way in which factories and scientific management effectively excluded the disabled from the work force, creating a domino effect of negative social attitudes. ...

A 5 page paper which examines violence from a psychological, biological, and sociological perspective in order to understand the roots of violence. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which utilizes “Daughter of Invention” by Julia Alvarez and “With Your Permission” by Dona Aida in offering a look at growing up, and living with a multicultural background. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

This 7 page report discusses the moral and ethical concerns related to surrogate mothering. Surrogate motherhood agreements have been responsible for a great deal of public, governmental, religious, and legal debate. For some, the issue involves whether or not it is possible to legitimately establish a “commercial” contract for a biological process which involves the ...

This 5 page paper argues that homosexual adoptions will benefit many children that need loving homes. The writer looks at the arguments against gay adoption, in states such as Florida, and at professional opinions as well as the needs of children for psychological, emotional and developments well being as well as stability, in order ...

A seven page paper which looks at various theories of deviance, criminality and delinquency and considers which are the most appropriate models for assessing deviation from societal norms.

5 pages in length. Four individuals were interviewed in order to gain a better perspective upon their cultural upbringing and the views they had on premarital sex, masturbation, women's roles and homosexuality. One male (#1) and one female (#2) came from middle-class homes where both parents worked and there were no more than ...

This 10 page report discusses “Generation Y” or the “echo boom” (those born between 1975 and 1994) and their spending habits in terms of their relationship to the American landscape, in general, and the Colorado landscape, in specific. Bibliography lists 14 sources.

5 pages in length. The writer discusses the meaning of culture as well as its importance to international relations. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 9 page paper discusses the challenges of supervising substance abuse counselors. There is very little literature that addresses this type of supervision but it is known that there are at least three supervision issues in substance abuse counseling that are idiosyncratic to this particular type of counseling. These are identified and discussed. The roles ...

This 5 page report discusses the identification, definition, and measurement of social inequality in terms of differing philosophical constructs. Four theoretical perspectives are considered in the discussion -- Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Emile Durkheim, as individual writer/philosopher/sociologists and then the larger perspective of feminism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

5 pages in length. Because society is fundamentally based upon performance and profit, it is not unusual to find that the concept of prevention is completely lost in the muck and mire of bottom line earnings. Based upon theories of productivity, it is not the least bit shocking to find that many contemporary ...

A 5 page paper which examines two significant social changes which have affected families in the past fifty years. The changes discussed are those involving women in the workplace and technology. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 7 page paper takes a look at higher education and the society that contends it is necessary. The money factor behind the business of higher education is duly explored. While a solution is provided, the paper contends that the phenomena is entrenched in society and will be hard to change. Bibliography lists ...

5 pages in length. The writer discusses traditions and customs, cuisine and cars as they relate to Germany's cultural composition. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This is a 10 page paper discussing the issues of identity and material culture. In the determination of the idea of identity within the American culture it is important to realize that there are many different factors which must be included. This paper addresses the issue of how the dominant culture and subcultures within the ...

A 10 page paper which is divided into two sections on the subject of work. The first part of the paper analyzes the working condition of Ned Williams in “Working” by Studs Terkel. The second, and larger, part of the paper discusses Locke’s perspectives on working as seen in “Working In America A Humanities Reader,” edited by Robert Sessions ...

This 5 page paper supports the view that Americans are not entitled to a living wage and provides evidence that there are many jobs that pay more than a minimum wage. The argument suggests that a living wage is not a birthright. Rather, America affords everyone the same opportunities and people have to ...

This 8 page paper looks at how unions have changed over the years and how the new public sector unions are different from the old types. The new unionism is characterized as public sector unionism. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how anger, pride, and lust, three of the seven deadly sins, are still alive today. No sources cited.

A 5 page paper which examines the working relationship that Babe Secoli describes in Studs Terkel’s “Working.” The paper also incorporates the Phenomenological Model Of Work and Culture provided in a fax from the student. Source for this unknown. No additional sources cited.

This 7 page report discusses the issue of abortion and the application of a sociological model through which it may be studied. Several published research efforts are reviewed and their relevant facts presented. suggestions are then made for the student as to additional research areas they may want to consider. Bibliography lists 4 sources. ...