Category: Sociology 7256

  • Community Library’s Role in Civic Involvement

    The community library plays a vital role in empowering the community with regard to civic rights and democratic participation. Education reinforces the participation in democracy and civic life by triggering an informed decision making in the light of the power of consents (Seigel, 2003, p 17). Unfortunately, in many schools globally, civic education has not…

  • Report Impact of Organizations Dealing With Aboriginal Communities at the National Level

    Table of Contents Introduction National Level Organizations Conclusion References Introduction Aboriginal communities are an important part of Australian and Torres Strait Island society. This paper is aimed to research the principles that underline responsible attitudes towards the aboriginal communities and to analyze the real impact of different institutions and organizations on their lives. This research…

  • Person’s Location in Social Structure

    Modern society, especially in developed countries, provides numerous opportunities for mobility; still, social location retains influence. Its main markers are race, gender, and socioeconomic status. While the latter is changeable, the first two most often remain unchanged during a person’s life. Therefore, social location is determined from birth and subsequently forms one’s life trajectory, opening…

  • The Issue of Anti-Intellectualism: “Why We Hate the Smart Kids” by Penrod

    In Why We Hate the Smart Kids, Grant Penrod argues that school students actively incorporate the notion of anti-intellectualism into modern society. Being inspired by successful people in mass media who have never received a university degree, teenagers undermine the importance of education and view intellectuals as “nerds”. Penrod’s essay argues that children who strive…

  • Caste and Stigma in Yemen

    In Yemen, the issue of caste discrimination has become a real problem. Yemeni people created a stigma that is expressed by calling special group of people “Al Akhdam”. These people are not supposed to deserve to be treated as equals. This essays aims to define terms as stigma and caste, analyze reasons for discrimination of…

  • The Moral Status of a Fetus with Abnormalities

    When considering the ethical applications of abortions, one should consider the moral status of a fetus. Moral status refers to the degree of value and rights of each individual and the corresponding moral and ethical treatment (Stahl & Kilner, 2019). Several ideas of moral status exist that ascribe value based on a defined set of…

  • Unequal Privileges in 2015

    Table of Contents Introduction Supporting topic one Supporting topic two Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The annals of history are replete with inequalities in human relations including, discrimination based on religion, ethnic extraction, race, gender, and sexual orientation. Discrimination has never augured well with many people and so abolitionists still clamor for justice and equality, and…

  • Discussion of Human Caging Concept Using Hernández’s Article

    Introduction Human caging, as used by Hernández to mean incarceration of people, is a key issue in the social and community context domain. Human caging has been used against people who are perceived to be a threat to social order (Hernández 45). Hernández posits that “trampologists warned that the rise of mass white male itinerancy…

  • Cyber Violence: Structures and Effectiveness

    Recently, social media has become a platform for cyber violence. This issue primarily concerns public health and is associated with adverse mental or physical outcomes. As a result, cyberbullying is one of the top contemporary problems that needs to be approached from different angles to be resolved entirely. The purpose of this paper is to…

  • Single System Research Design

    Introduction To start with, let me introduce the concept of a single system research design. According to Miller (n.d.), it “involves studying a single individual or system by taking repeated measurements of 1 or more dependent variables and systematically applying & sometimes, withdrawing or varying the independent variable” (p. 5). So, it is an assessment…