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  • Research Involving Animals: The Animal Rights Debate

    Table of Contents Background and introduction Arguments in support of animal research for medical purposes Arguments against animal research Conclusion References Background and introduction Research involving animals has for a very long time raised intense debate. Different individuals have varying opinions regarding whether conducting animal research is acceptable and justified. The discussion surrounding animal testing…

  • Diversity and Social Inclusion Persuasive Arguments

    Table of Contents Abstract Diversity: Persuasive Argument Inclusion: Persuasive Argument References Abstract This paper contains two persuasive arguments – one relating to the concept of diversity and another, concerned with the principle of social inclusion. In the first part of the paper, the concept of diversity (in its Western interpretation) is exposed to be discursively…

  • Building Communities From the Inside Out by John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight

    Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s Assets by John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight is an approach about reconstructing macro social work in communities. The knowledge included in the article runs from macro social work strategies and is used to disseminate the success of society development.…

  • Subjective and Objective Description of Experience

    The perception of human life as a series of experiences as follows from the sociological model proposed by Alfred Schutz implies the division into “subjective” and “objective” modes of their interpretation. Thus, the former is presented by social action contrasted by the world as the environment in which this action happens (Segre, 2014). From this…

  • Modernization and Dependency Theories in the Third World

    Dependency theory is generally used to explain how less developed countries have failed to develop economically regardless of investments from developed countries. The fundamental argument of this theory is that developing countries are heavily dependent on more developed nations. Sympathizers of peripheral nations suggest that their under-development is a result of developed nations consciously under-developing…

  • Listening Styles

    Listening is important because it provides individuals with the required information about the world around them and other people’s emotions, feelings, and ideas. Four styles that differ in terms of a person’s motivation for listening are task-oriented listening, relational listening, analytical listening, and critical listening (Bodie, Worthington, & Gearhart, 2013). Advanced listening skills are important…

  • Canada’s Progressive Social Values and Its National Development

    Table of Contents Progressive Values Multiculturalism Gender Equality Conclusion Works Cited In recent decades, progressive values have been gaining increased recognition all over the world. In Canada, progressive public policies have long been implemented by the government and supported by the general public and are considered to be inherently linked to the Canadian national identity.…

  • Gun Violence in the U.S.

    Research Questions and Ideas Why is there so much gun violence in our society? Will gun violence ever be eradicated? Do laws against guns help to eliminate gun violence? In the research, gun violence is considered a public health epidemic by many medical practitioners, but its effects can be felt across the health and human…

  • The Issue of Overpopulation

    Today the problem of overpopulation is widely discussed by the researchers, economists, sociologists, scholars, and politicians. The fact which causes the public discussions is the problem of carrying capacity because overpopulation can be defined as the situation when the growth of population is higher than the level of possible carrying capacity. The question of overpopulation…

  • The Position of People in Society

    Table of Contents Interviewee Information The Role of Stratified Sociological Perspective Interview as a Research Methodology Specific Components of Culture References Interviewee Information The first interviewee’s name is Jordan. She is a thirty-five-year-old black woman with two children and a husband. Jordan states that she identifies herself as African-American and that she was born in…