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Papers On Social Problems & Social Research
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Bullying: Cultural Implications
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8 pages in length. The writer discusses childhood, national imperialism and racism as they relate to bullying. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCbully.rtf
Campus Violence / 'A Principal's Story'
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5 pages in length. Campus violence is not a new occurrence; one only has to recall the incident at Kent State University to realize that violent acts on school grounds have been an issue that has been dealt with for some time now. However, these days finds the frequency of such violence has escalated to a level of disproportionate percentage. The writer discusses one man's attempts to curb the violence in his book A Principal's Story, as well as analyzes the sociological implications of the disturbing trend. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Campus.wps
Can People Work Their Way Out Of Poverty?
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8 pages in length. Breaking out of the poverty cycle requires more than merely finding a better job. In order to overcome the oppressive existence of poverty, people need to become educated, address the myriad cultural and political restraints placed upon them and perhaps most of all conquer the defining aspect of social determinism. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCWrkPv.rtf
Carla Freeman/High Tech and High Heels
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A 6 page book analysis of Freeman's sociological study of native women working on the island of Barbados in the "informatics" industry. This term refers to the companies that have located their data entry operations on the island. The purpose of Freeman's study is to examine how this new form of work (data entry) has affected the women working in this industry. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khhitech.rtf
Case Studies: Research Approach
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A 5 page paper which discusses different scholars'
views of case studies as a method of research. The paper takes the opinions of Robert E.
Stake, in "Case Studies," and Mary Timney Bailey, in "Do Physicists use Case Studies"
Thoughts on Public Administration Research," and relate them to those provided by Vidu
Soni in "A Twenty-First-Century Reception for Diversity in the Public Sector: Case
Study." No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAresearch3.wps
Casinos as Leisure, Recreation, and Tourism: An Analysis of Clientele and Community Impacts
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A 12 page contention that casinos are not a healthy community option for recreation, leisure, and tourism. Casinos do not attract the well-heeled, upper-echelon representatives of society that they are often expected to attract. Instead, they often attract those in our society who can least afford to gamble. They also have the potential to increase crime in the community as a whole. While some advocate government support of casinos, even this option can have more negative than positive consequences. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: PPcasino.rtf
Catholic Identity/ Orsi's Madonna of 115th Street
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A 4 page essay that examines Robert A. Orsi's study of Italian Catholics living in New York's East Harlem from 1880 to 1950. The writer looks specifically at how the festa of the Madonna substantiated issues of Catholic identity. No other sources cited.
Filename: khmad115.rtf
Causes Of Poverty In Contemporary Society
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8 pages in length. Throughout history, money has played a significant role in virtually all cultures. It forces people to conform to a certain way of life, and it often changes their perceptions for the worse. The drive to possess great amounts of money has survived throughout the centuries, only to become even more disastrous in contemporary culture. There appears to be no end to what people will do to acquire a lot of money, often sacrificing
their families, their health and their morality. How can something that fits in the palm of one’s hand evoke such cultural tension and strife? To be sure, the more money one possesses in most cultures equates to a better life, inasmuch as it allows people to rise out of poverty. What are the major causes of poverty in today's society? How is this related to racism, if at all? When considering such
concepts as poverty, welfare, racism, social fact, social structure, social stratification, social inequality, functional theory and conflict theory, one gains a significantly better perspective of how greed and lack of social conscience reflect poverty's primary causes. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: TLCpovrt.wps
Census 2000
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5 pages in length. Determining the number of people who live in the country -- or on the planet, for that matter -- has significantly more to do with merely establishing a numeric representation of how many physical bodies inhabit the various regions; indeed, the implications of census figures directly correlate with such issues as economic funding, political representation and how society functions as a whole. For these reasons, it is imperative that the Census 2000 be as accurate as possible, inasmuch as the figures compiled from the April, 2000 count will set in motion the extent to which how well people will be supported. The writer discusses issues surrounding Census 2000, as well as offers possible ways to administer the survey. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCcnsus.wps
Changing Attitudes Towards the Poor
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Changing Attitudes Towards the Poor: This 6-page comparative essay considers the disparate attitudes of Jacob Riis, Erskine Caldwell, Michael Katz, and Michael Harrington relevant to poverty in America. Their works are examined for clues as to each author’s particular view on issues concerning the poor, and how these may have been formed by the times in which they lived. Bibliography lists 5 sources. SNPovert.doc
Filename: SNPovert.doc
Child abuse
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A five page paper which looks at some of the causes of child abuse and neglect and the different ways in which society deals with the issue. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: JLchabuse.rtf
