Category: Sociology 7256

  • Trust to King’s Letters from the Birmingham Jail

    In the “Letters from the Birmingham Jail,” King excellently convinces his audience and gains their trust. The author achieves this by using appropriate language and by calling on shared beliefs. Firstly, King clearly defines his target audience, who are thought leaders aiming to achieve the same goal as him: social justice. This helps the author…

  • The Essence of the Empty Shopping Cart

    Introduction Photovoice offers the community leaders and policy makers with an opportunity to gain insight regarding the interests and the needs of a certain population. Photovoice is an engagement tool that provides a springboard for action, either through the population involved, by the local authorities and well-wishers, or together in collaboration. In this case, an…

  • Smith’s Standpoint Theory and Social Knowledge

    Standpoint theory implies feminist theoretical perspectives that assume that knowledge comes from one’s societal position. These perspectives deny that traditional scientific approaches are objective and suggest that research and theories have not taken into account female and feminist ways of intellection (Introduction to Sociological Theory). Smith’s idea is founded on the Marxist assumption that individuals…

  • Chemical Dependency, Types and Their Destructive Consequences

    Table of Contents Introduction Alcohol Tranquilizers Cigarette Marijuana Regulation of drugs use by the society Discussion Conclusion Reference list Introduction Chemical dependency refers to the physical and psychological need to utilize alcohol and any other drugs, which the person continues to use despite their negative effects. Therefore, it is a chronic, major illness with hereditary,…

  • Self-Care Importance Overview

    Social work requires high commitment and adherence to professional values. The core values of social work include service, dignity, justice, competence, integrity, and the importance of communication (National Association of Social Workers, 2017). Ethical principles behind these values state the importance of the professionalism of social workers, helping people, and addressing various social problems (National…

  • Is Stealing Ever Justified?

    It is necessary to pay more attention to the causal relationship for the interpretation of all crimes and misdemeanors, that is, to study the factors influencing the causes of the occurrence of a variety of crimes. The reason is that their content is closely related to each other. Stealing is a social phenomenon, therefore, its…

  • Racial Identity and Racial Identification by Anthony Appiah

    Appiah helps the readers see the more fundamental problems that stem from racism in the chapter ‘Racial Identity and Racial Identification’. These are the problems of the effect on people as they see themselves and consequently the paths of action that are open to them in life. Racism becomes the tip of the iceberg that…

  • “The Lives of Animals” by J. M. Coetzee

    Reflection The novel by Coetzee is concerned with the basis of morals, the need for people to copy each other, and humans’ desire for what others wish to have as these result in aggression and a great tendency to scapegoat animals. The author calls for an ethic of empathy, not astuteness, in humans’ treatment of…

  • Breaking Barriers Program: Analytical Framework

    Abstract The problem of discrimination can be discussed as the controversial question in the field of public administration. That is why, the public administrators’ task is to focus on the effective implementation of anti-discrimination policies and programs in the United States in order to cope with the social problem of discrimination as the threat to…

  • Housing for Disabled People: Needs Assessment

    Housing for people with disabilities is still one of the unresolved issues in many developed countries including the USA. The US government has come up with some programs to assist non-elderly disabled people and their families. However, this effort is insufficient. More so, some programs do not meet their goals entirely. For instance, the voucher…