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Social Control and the Concepts of Michel Foucault

seems to be the primary tool, at least figuratively. It is used in the well known Panopticon paradigm as well. The Panopticon is ...

Josiah Strong and Spencer on Social Darwinism

held true: creatures which could adapt most effectively to their environment had a better chance of their genetic material survivi...

Social Construction and Gender Roles

Smiler (2004) found that many of the socially constructed ideas about masculinity that are prevalent in American culture were prob...

Social Reality as Molded by the City

urban phenomena as boulevards, wax museums, and the public display of corpses at the Paris morgue. Drawing on an immense range of...

Online Retailers, Social and Legal Issues

and regulation (Ramin Communications, 1998). Along these lines, privacy still continues to be a huge social issue when it comes to...

Social Engineering Perspective on Creating a Community College Mission

system and the integration of the social engineering paradigm. Some theorists have questioned the validity of applying Habermas ...

Adoption and Social Work

drastic change in social work orientation as it presents a shift away from the previous paradigm, which placed a priority on famil...

Social Workers and Clients

and its subsequent solution - differently than the social worker, often causing even greater tension than what already exists. Se...

Social Class Pressures and Working Parents

these things are, in fact, needed (Overcoming Consumerism). This then is what fuels consumerism and drives people to work harder ...

Social Work and a Career in Public Health

to cope with chronic, acute or terminal illness, such as Alzheimers disease, cancer or AIDS" (U.S. Department of Labor). In additi...

Ancient History's Contemporary Social Influence

writing was the mainstay of civilised life. A seated scribe holding a papyrus roll was one of the most popular subjects in their e...

Case Study in Social Work

She claims that she is no longer using drugs and in fact is currently attending NA (Narcotics Anonymous) meetings. During the inta...

Social Policy and its Formation

need to resolve these problems and that all values of the society can be known and evaluated (DiNitto 5). It further assumes that ...

Social Behavior from a Structural Perspective

bitterness in reporting that she took care of her mother and her entire family even as a young girl. Given that "the mention of h...

Social Change and the U.S. Supreme Court

specific aspect from being overlooked. However, all the people do not adopt this perspective, inasmuch as Ginsburg has a certain ...

Social Change is Not Reflected by Statutory Law

positivistic rather than classical criminal justice theories. Classical criminal justice theory states that if a person is...

1984 Film This is Spinal Tap and Social Assumptions

uncompromising manner that demands to be interpreted as truth (This is Spinal Tap PG). It is the perfect device for Rob Reiner to...

Social Security Tax Avoidance

by the same ceiling, The employer is under an obligation to withhold this tax from an employees wages until the wage level is reac...

Economic Decisions and the Private and Social Benefits They Represent

this - as do governments that are required to make decisions that benefit groups of people. The difficulty of governing, however, ...

Timing and Social Change

good time to act. For example, on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade there are political protests on both sides. The activism is timel...

Adolescent Drug Abuse, Diminished Social Skills, and Low Self Esteem

In six pages this paper examines the problem of adolescent drug abuse in a consideration of various issues and the determining fac...

U.S. Social Security System Improvements

Capital Hill, this tactic will serve to relieve some of the overwhelming pressure that buckles the current system. However, this ...

Social and Workplace Inequality

In six pages workplace inequality is examined an economic and sociological theory applications with possible solutions to these pr...

Conflict Theory and Social Learning Theory

In eight pages this paper discusses the pros and cons of each theory with social learning theory ultimately supported. Eight sour...

Social Security Privatization

in and around government: in 1950, there were fewer than a thousand lawyers in D.C., today there are 60,000; journalists increase...

A New York City Subway System Social History

of the tunnel in order to arrive at an exit point. Through its history, people have been pushed off platforms which had bystander...

Social Policy Statement of Nursing

the basic paradigms of nursing professional theory are considered within a social context. For example, health is defined as a "dy...

President George W. Bush and Reforming Social Security

existed before 1935, these were extremely minimal. Social Services, as it is known in the United States, began during a bad econom...

Aspirational Objective or Social Reality Construct of Work

what give rise to change in the first place. If, for instance, it is lack of equal educational opportunities which deprives young ...

Private Investment and Social Security

economists warn that the system is likely to go bankrupt anytime between next year and 30 years from now, depending on which econo...