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Cultural Dynamics and Social Theories of Pitirim Sorokin

In six pages this research paper discusses the career and the theories developed by Russian American sociologist Pitirim Sorokin. ...

The Ordeal of Integration by Orlando Patterson

relations appear to be getting worse, or at least are perceived as getting worse, because they are getting better. As this parado...

Theories of Talcott Parsons

then to society as a whole (Stern et al., 1996). Parsons above all believed that organizational theorists should look at the role...

Works and Beliefs of C. Wright Mills

In a paper consisting of 7 pages American sociologist C. Wright Mills is discussed in terms of his works and beliefs along with hi...

Los Angeles Riots of 1992

In five pages this paper examines the LA riots that occurred during the spring of 1992 from the perspectives of Kyeyoung Park, a s...

'Ethnomethodology,' Hegelian Marxism, and Robert K. Merton

In seven pages and 3 parts this research paper discusses such sociological issues as ethnomethodology, Hegelian Marxism characteri...

Confucianism Critique of Max Weber

In thirteen pages this paper examines how the German sociologist criticized Confucianism in such works as The Protestant Ethic and...

Emile Durkheim and Max Weber

can really see what life in modern society is like. Weber was a proponent of understanding ones social structure, cultura...

Asylums by Erving Goffman

In five pages this notorious text by the noted sociologist is examined with the emphasis being the book's last chapter. There is ...

Sociological Methodology and Emile Durkheim

In ten pages the ways in which the famed sociologist approached sociological inquiry are examined with a consideration of Rules of...

'Risk Society' Concept of Ulrich Beck

classes in the past which may have been protected from certain risks, no longer have that protection in terms of possible global h...

Domestic Violence and its Societal Impact

hesitant about coming forward to name their abusers, because the system did not seem to either believe them about the scope of the...

Why 'The Culture of Fear' Remains Alive and Well in the U.S. and Australia

States. Regardless of the fact that the U.S. is generally depicted as such a violent and dangerous nation, one has to remember tha...

The Functionalist Views of Durkheim and Parsons

Religious Life, Durkheim relates one of the many ways that he applied his version of functionalism. This text relates the results ...

Iron Cage Analogy of Max Weber and Bureaucracy

frustrated at the rules and regulations that are only altered at the whim of elected school board members, but in effect rarely ch...

Taking a Position on ''The Inequality Express' by Barry Bluestone

and their corresponding workforces (Bluestone, 1996). What I find particularly puzzling at this point in the essay however is that...

The Culture of Fear by Glassner

does is to expose the media for what it is, which is an opportunistic and often inaccurate and inept body of reporters that is onl...

Three Varying Viewpoints of Sustainable Development

own species, with other species and with the inorganic environment (McNeill, 2001). The focus "is on whole as a system" (McNeill, ...

Beyond Caring by DF Chambliss

parameters of his perspective and goals, and, specifically, refers to the unique orientation of nursing. "Nurses encounter patient...

America and Lewis Hine Video Review

Child Labor Law was declared unconstitutional because the Supreme Court had ruled that the federal government had no jurisdiction ...

Urban Development and Concepts in Sociology

wealth and other key resources goes to theories of class. Social stratification has always been a problem, but it seems to be very...

An Analysis of The Myth of Self Esteem

self-regard, not egotism" (Anonymous The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Rosenberg.html). But, it is only one aspect of the notion of ...

A Fictional Converation Between Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx

conversation begins when Marie arrives at the table and seats herself with her guest, Ian and not far behind them is an older frie...

Sociological Articles on Television Viewing

Articles by sociologists Ien Ang, George Comstock, and Ron Lembo on watching television are compared and contrasted in five pages ...

Mitchell Duneier's 'Sidewalk'

him with a direct window into their respective worlds. Stupidity, illiteracy or an absent work ethic has absolutely nothing to do...

Organization Theories of Max Weber

(Max Weber, German Sociologist and First Analyst of Bureaucracy). For many years, he did suffer from mental illness, but ended up...

Self According to Harold Garfinkel and Erving Goffman

shared roles and rules to make ourselves intelligible. In this sense self is a performance, and consciously or unconsciously we pr...

Intelligence According To Machiavelli

these theories are placed in, they are all based on the "proposition that the advanced cognitive processes of primates are primari...

Student Influence Exerted by Teachers

day out. At the very least, teachers spend anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes with a particular student in the classroom. In many case...

Resistance, Subculture, and Hip Hop

on ten characteristic features of hip hop in Australia, that this music genre represents an authentic subculture. Some of these po...