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Gift Exchange and Social Theory

In ten pages this paper examines the exchanging of gifts in this consideration of the social exchange theory from a phenomenolog...

Social Discrimination in Hardy and Dickens

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens both deal in major part with discrimination. T...

Social Problem of Pornography

it? Opinions are mixed. Table-dancing or lap-dancing, for example, is something that has become popular of late (Sweet, 1998). Dr...

Wealth and Poverty and Issues of Social Identity

Realization of Differences As already noted, a child is not born knowing that he or she will attend Harvard, be given a...

The importance of coffee in social culture in the US

This paper looks at the relationship between coffee consumption and American cultural ideology. The writer explores coffee's histo...

Reducing High School Dropout Statistics by Applying Title I Social Welfare Policy

In fifteen pages this paper examines how the rates of high school dropouts can be reduced through the Title I program. Nine sourc...

Jean Jacques Rousseau and John Locke's 'Social Contract' Perspectives

In five pages this report examines what a 'social contract' means from the philosophical perspectives of Jean Jacques Rousseau and...

Jonathan Kozol and Stephanie Coontz on Social Problems and Family Failure

In seven pages social problems and American family failure are considered in a comparative analysis of Kozol's Amaziing Grace and ...

Perspectives on Radical Social Consciousness

searing, heartbreaking book, who, indeed, were the savages." * William McPherson, The Washington Post Bury My Heart at Wounded K...

Student Posed Questions on Social Welfare

In eight pages this paper answers 4 student posed questions on social welfare programs. Seven sources are listed in the bibliogra...

Susan Bordo, Paulo Freire, and Making Social and Educational Connections

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts the 'Hunger as Ideology' essay by Susan Bordo with 'The Banking Concept of Educati...

U.S. and France Labor and Social Security Issues

In six pages this paper compares the U.S. and France in terms of each country's Social Security systems and the impact of labor ...

Authority Compliance as a Dangerous Social Characteristic

In 3 pages the human nature experiments of Stanley Milgram are examined in a consideration of the negative impacts of blind author...

Egan Agenda Application to Social Housing

In ten pages this paper discusses the Egan Agenda in terms of social housing, long term indirect and short term direct savings. S...

Social Responsibility, Business, and Globalization

In ten pages issues such as the business role in society, whether or not organizations have to be socially responsible, business p...

Jean Jacques Rousseau's Political and Philosophical Zenith Reached in The Social Contract

This report discusses Rousseau's writing of The Social Contract and what it reflects about his political philosophical development...

Social Views on Law Enforcement Brutality

In six pages brutality by law enforcement officers is examined from a social perspective. Eleven sources are cited in the bibliog...

Social Relevance of 'The Aim of Man' by Aristotle

In five pages this paper examines the contemporary social relevance of 'The Aim of Man.' There are no other sources listed....

Historical and Social Perspectives of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

upon the concept of language is clear when one considers why it rests so uncomfortable between that of mimetic realism and moderni...

Lord of the Flies, Human Nature, and Social Defects

In thirty pages this paper examines how social defects reflect those in human nature as depicted in Lord of the Flies by Golding. ...

Theories on Social Progress

In six pages this research paper examines social progress from a theoretical perspective. Five sources are cited in the bibliog...

Social Security Privatization Supported

In six pages this report supports privatization of the U.S. Social Security system in a consideration of its economic and politica...

Sexuality as a Social Construct

In six pages this paper examines sexuality as profoundly influenced by social constructs of gender. Three sources are cited in th...

Social and Philosophical Aspects of Penjing or Bonsai

the supposedly modern invention of "stress. They dreamed of retreating to a simpler life in the countryside where they could be o...

Information Science, Cognitive Learning or Social Learning Theory

is represented by mass media. Television influences children greatly. "Knowledge about many settings is based on a symbolic fict...

Social Studies, Motivation, and Junior High Students

In five pages this paper considers the reasons why there are motivation issues among junior high students and considers why histor...

Social Psychology and Campaigning for the Presidency

In six pages this paper discusses how social psychology is applied to presidential campaign strategies. Five sources are cited in...

Social Issues Reflected in Monsters

In ten pages this research paper discusses historian Jeffrey J. Cohen's 'monster theory' and its sociocultural implications. Five...

Social Influence and 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

he recognizes the inconsistencies between the social representation of men and women, and is bold enough to comment upon them. Th...

Safety, Social Problems, Risk and Vulnerability

The relationship among these various concepts in the human search for safety is considered in six pages with the consumption of al...