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An At-Risk Brooklyn Youth Case Study

involved in drug dealing and in fact, by the time he would turn 14 years old, would carry a gun ("Shawn," 1993). By the time he is...

Policy and Social Work Implications of The Corner by David Simon and Edward Burns

The most vivid message of "The Corner" is the desperate situation under which the people of "the corner" exists. We find that the...

Social Perspectives on The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

they have somehow missed the spiritual dimension which they purport to seek, and have been sidetracked instead into seeing materia...

Kenya Eyed Across the Cultural Divide

the Beginning Let us imagine that the following is the scenario: "We arrived in Nairobi last night after a grueling 21 hour flig...

Regional Role in The Awakening by Kate Chopin

population of the resort is almost entirely Creole, so Edna is immersed in a culture in which she feels like a stranger, one that ...

Sex Tourism According to Cynthia Enloe

Western Europe cringe - is taken as just another day on the job by women in these countries. According to...

Spiritual Assistance from Hallucinogenic Drugs or Does Their Use Threaten Nontraditional Cultures?

useless in allowing any type of spiritual connection, useless in allowing a non-traditional person to connect with their spiritual...

Korea and Japan

to be a somewhat adversarial relationship between American and Korea. We may wish to also consider the relationship with Ko...

Globalization and its Cultural Implications

- of how an impoverished nation can develop its economy to come to be listed by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Devel...

Contemporary Oedipus Imagery

if he should have a son. Therefore, Laius took steps to prevent conceiving a son by Jocasta. However, Jocasta wanted a child and c...

Cultural Impacts of Jimi Hendrix and His Music

of the most integral components of human expression. We must admit that the role of Hendrixs art and the precise type of impact i...

Overview of Intel

is a global brand name associated with computer processor chips. The company which was founded in 1968 now has an annual turnover ...

Louis de Berniere's 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' and Cultural Perspective Differences

throughout the novel. Although they try and maintain their cultural identity through music, they are morally lost in environmental...

Japan and Russia's National Economic Systems and Innovations

In a paper consisting of sixteen pages the innovations of Japan and Russia that have translated into economic prosperity are consi...

Social Research and Education

Since the survey was conducted using material submitted by the childrens family members or caregivers, there...

TV Comparisons of Friends and Three's Company

democrat and one-time peanut farmer Jimmy Carter became president, there were significant differences in attitudes among the older...

Language Barriers to Students from Indonesia, Japan, China, Croatia and Turkey Entering the United States

is the mental lexicon, which is the mental representation of the forms as well as the meanings of the words and the morphemes in a...

White Supremacy and Skinheads

defiance to abide by accepted principles is a primary reason why they are often regarded as trouble-making societal fringe desirin...

Eating Pace and Style from a Psychological Perspective

support that assumption. Many people know someone who is thin as a rail and eats slowly and deliberately, actually consuming ver...

Solectron Corporation and Dell Computer Corporation

of services provided (Cutcliffe, 1996). At the same time, the brand that is outsourcing to Solectron does not want the buyer to kn...

Beck, Wright, Sowell, Berger, and Courtwright Idea Connection

attitudes and our approaches to society. With this simple illustration of Courtwrights work in mind we present similar ideas found...

Singapore and Conducting Business There

such as Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism -- especially among the Indian population (Statistics Singapore, 2003). Interestingly enoug...

NY Television and Cultural Messages

wanted to visit. Perhaps the episode that most prominently features differences in race and ethnicity is when Jerry convinces the ...

Understanding Death Through Rituals

within some of todays Chinese societies include wailing and white banners placed upon the home to indicate death; wearing all whit...

Culturalism from the Views of Several Theorists

attitude. In trying to evaluate society with a myriad of insights, several culturalists can help to provide these. They too look a...

3 American Authors and Perspectives on Forced Cultural Assimilation

family depicted in this book after all represents a rather blas? view of America. On closer consideration, however, it becomes ap...

Global Position of America During the Last Century

would shape our interactions with others. In the earliest times of our history our independent spirit was deeply ingraine...

Generation Representation in Amy Tan's Short Story 'Two Kinds'

a person tried hard, anything could be accomplished. Therefore, she saw it as her duty to lead her daughter towards becoming an A...

Law Enforcement and Communication

a crime. Even a convicted criminal cannot be the subject of punishment meted out by officers whose emotions get out of control. I...

Half and Half Writers on Growing Up Biracial Plus Bicultural Edited by Claudine Chiawei O'Hearn

taking from different cultures to provide the most appropriate terms. The way in which OHearn fitted into the society around her...