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Linda Mooney's Concepts in Understanding Social Problems

related industries such as welfare and social workers. This theory was expanded by other theorists to cover deviance and conflic...

Crime Sociological Theory

objection to the idea. "...It is too risky to allow mentally ill adults in a residential neighborhood close to schools and senior...

Sociological Views on the Divination Function in 1 Samuel 28

I bring up unto thee? And he said, bring me up Samuel" (1 Samuel 28:11). Samuel does appear, but warns Saul of his upcoming ruin d...

Empowerment and Social Work

taken into account. This is itself mediates against the dogmatic and prescriptive approach to social work and towards a theoretica...

Religion and Sociological Theory

merit. Indeed, religion is used to control the masses to some extent and people use religion for functional reasons. It helps them...

Questions on Concepts in Sociology

way, anomie is experienced. To Merton, along with the precepts of his social strain theory, one can say that the way in which the ...

Family and Sociological Theory

made even in consideration of the fact that alternative families differ in several respects from the traditional concept of a nucl...

Nursing and the Structural Functionalist Sociological Model

family as it enables the family system to be regarded in a myriad of ways (1998). Here, the family may be evaluated holistically, ...

William Kornblum's Sociology The Central Questions and Functionalism, Conflict, and Interactionism

Moreover, it should be remembered that the system will not stay together by itself -- it requires maintenance, and persons are bor...

Comparing Theories of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber

In six pages this report contrasts and compares the sociological theories of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber in a consideration of Th...

Comparison Between Social Identity Theory and Social Constructionism

early branch of sociology, which was initiated by Marx and Mannheim, and also called the sociology of knowledge (Abercrombie, Hill...

Is It Possible to Be Born a Criminal?

strange and terrible" (Lanier and Henry, p. 94). Interestingly, this theory was supported by sociologist Richard Dugdale, who art...

A History and Sociological Overview of Prostitution

society. Therefore, it was imperative to the churchs position of power to eradicate this opposition. The early church did not, how...

Society and Explanations Offered by Sociological Theories

that tries to explain incidences in daily life in respect to resources like money, time, organizational skills and so forth. Ones ...

Sociological Theories and Analysis of Families

Tactics Scale (CTS), a method by which researchers could measure family violence more effectively. However, Steinmetz was accused...

Harold Garfinkel and Erving Goffman on Communication and Interaction

in meaning between all individuals. Both Garfinkel and Goffman recognize that there are both verbal and non-verbal compon...

Herbert Blumer and George Herbert Mead's Theories of Sociology

on the most essential points of his sociological theory, only differing in subtle distinctions regarding the importance of interac...

Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Karl Marx on Social Change

Alienation may be described as a condition in which men are dominated by forces of their own creation, which confront them as alie...

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...

Global Warming

There are two sociological problems discussed in this essay. The first section discusses aging and focuses on poverty among the el...

Contemporary Writer Bell Hooks

In five pages the contributions of African American feminist Bell Hooks in terms of sociological thought and theory are discussed....

Social Propaganda and Utopian Qualities in Adam Sandler's Big Daddy

of marriage, he also does not want to lose the one person in his life who helps to give him direction. This dichotomy is instrume...

Sociological Theories of Structural Functionalism

at the functions they serve. Guns serve the function to protect or to allow an individuals to lash out at society. A wife serves t...

Sociology Topics

biology for example. The reason why this is the case, is because one cannot conclusively prove that a trend exists or not because ...

Film Rebel Without a Cause and Theories of Sociology

In seven pages this paper examines juvenile delinquency in this analysis of the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause from a perspective...

Racism Case Study Analysis

not understand. That was television, but it was not fiction. Still, in looking at less prominent individuals, a student may want ...

Adolescence and Deviance

In eight pages the concept of deviance is examined in terms of definition and relevant sociological theories in order to make a de...

Cheating Explained Through Sociological Concepts

In five pages this paper uses the sociological concepts of differential association and systems theory to explain cheating as fe...

Sociology of Religion and Emile Durkheim

In six pages Durkheim's sociological arguments regarding religion are considered and then opposes his social practice enactment th...

Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Class Consciousness

In a personal essay consisting of six pages issues of social stratification and class consciousness are theoretically considered u...