Sociology Essays

Single parenthood is growing across the world because of the increased rate of divorce and marriage failures. In western countries, majority of the marriages end up in divorces because of the conflicts between the husbands and wives. Instead of marriage, staying together is the new way of life adopted by many of the couples in America and Europe.

Welfare in America. “The American War on Poverty failed because it was presented as a pro Negro enterprise; it was not seen as a Universalist problem of inequality, social justice, exclusion....How to include poor people, and especially poor colored people, in our societies, and at the same time to channel proportionately more resources in their favor without inducing shame or stigma, remains one of the great challenges for social policy in Britain and the USA.” (Brown et al 1999).

If a woman were to be denied a job based on her gender, it would be an outrage and there would probably be some media coverage. Social class, however, is different. Firstly, it is not as evident physically as gender, so it may be that there are some more sub-conscious effects at play when tracking occurs based on social class.

Personality disorders lower the productivity of the affected person in the workplace by reducing the duration of active service.  A study conducted by Korkeila, J., et al (17) established a positive correlation between early retirement before the legal retiring age and the presence of personality disorders in the affected employees.

Over the recent years, women have made notable progress in attaining managerial ranks and even occupying top managerial positions in the US and other parts of the world. However, this is not to the highest or at least the expected levels. The proportion of women managers, for example, rose from 16% in 1970 to 42% in 1992.

The immigration controls affect the migrants, immigrants and asylum seekers alike (Cohen, 2001). Some immigrants are reluctant to shading their title of migrant. They take longer than usual to integrate into the receiving country. Most migrants find it difficult to acquire security and legal status in the receiving countries.

However, some of the employees get old while still working in the organization. A number of reasons make workers remain in any organization. Some of these reasons include the advantage of receiving salary and health benefits that employed workers usually receive (Rothwell, 2008).

Social Security is a program for social insurance, which provides protection in a social sense against old age, illness, unemployment, poverty, disabilities among others. United States citizens are likely to retire a little earlier than the standard retirement age, which is 65 years, concurring with the public pension system.

The proliferation of culture between regions, the strong international trade markets, and ever-changing consumer demands are the fruits of human interactions which we famously coined as globalization. The latter paints a picture of enhanced international agreements, aggressive trade markets and accelerated penetration of industrialization worldwide.

There is no denying the fact that elder abuse has emerged to be a pressing social problem going by the changing socio-economic norms, a fast social shift in favor of nuclear families, the altering demography of the United States of America, and various other social, economic, cultural and demographic factors. 

Several schools of thought give different reasons why the need for world peace cannot be underestimated in ensuring the successful occupancy of the earth as the home of humans. Some of these schools include religion, science, and philosophy. Scientifically, the earth is considered the only planet where humans can live.

It is about understanding the way human beings behave in a certain way, the arrangement of social groups, and the general study of the society. Thus, it is through sociology that people are able to understand others. In other words, it is the invitation towards studying the social forces that control, liberate, and influence people.

As the paper outlines the learning theory states that people learn from their surrounding community. The main mode of learning is through observation. The main proponent of this theory is Albert Bandura, and he state that learning can occur through three models, namely, live, verbal and symbolic instructions. 

Suicide - In relation to Durkheim’s work. Drawing from relevant literature, it is valid to argue that disorders in an individual’s life are likely to cause profound effects on their lives, ranging from emotional to psychological disorders. Some of these disorders lead to tragic consequences of self destruction, the most devastating, suicide.

Most societies in the modern world have a class system of stratification, which allows for free movement from one economic class to another. Some societies such as India had the caste system of stratification in which a person was deemed poor by virtue of birth. The poor interacted with the poor and therefore were never transferred.

Poverty remains one of the chief reasons why many families have a broken relationship or parent to child bond does not exist. Mothers cease from caring about their children and stick to work for most of their time leaving their children with no one to nurture them.

Racism is an injustice a society inflicts on itself. People are discriminated against in a variety of ways, teased, taunted and belittled, not for what they have done but for reasons they cannot control such as their ethnicity.

After a four-year courtship, she married Russell Yates in 1993, when both were twenty-eight years of age (Denno, 2003). They had a traditional wedding according to the teachings of fundamentalist Christianity that her husband Russell or ‘Rusty’followed.

In conventional societies, there were heavy rules and regulations that were to be followed by individuals living in that society and these rules and regulations restricted individuals from performing various activities which were considered as deviant by the society. In modern times, modern societies have erased a number of these rules and regulations.

The teachers should be provided with an understanding of the various variables that would affect the student behaviour including being bored, avoiding classwork, getting attention and the feeling of academic frustration and helping the teachers feel confident that they would teach behaviour as they would teach academics.

The survey employed an ordinal scale to represent the respondents’ propensity to traditional in-store shopping ranging from 0 (no visits per month) to 3 (more than once a week). The survey employed a technique where it asked directly what the respondents would do if their last purchase over the internet was unavailable over the same channel.

According to the article of Dawn Krider, guilty prisoners are sentenced to death to prevent similar crimes to happen again. However, according to the statistics given on her writing, in the twelve states that allow capital punishment, the murder rate is twice as of the rest of the states that do not allow executions.

Considering divorce is an act of sane adults who are responsible enough to acknowledge their differences, they must be able to recognize the importance of giving due attention to the needs of the children. Ignoring the needs of the children especially the emotional type can cause permanent damage that would render them misfits in society.

The principles of social justice and human rights are fundamental principles upon which social work is applied. Social work deals with social care by safeguarding and providing support for children, young people and their families, and vulnerable adults, their relatives, and caregivers. Social work is a professional endeavor.

According to Adordo and Horkheimer, what is problematic about the ‘culture industry’? Adordo and Horkheimer coined the term the culture industry in their critical approach to the scope that cultural artists had adopted in the society. The authors perceived a different aspect from what culture traditionally entailed to a contemporary state associated with many problems.

Where the last adventure-ride ended, this next one starts with the amazing Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto and Paul Walker as Brian O’Conner, and the rest of their crew, having to team up with Dwayne Johnson, as agent Hobbs to stop a vastly equipped criminal group all in the hopes that they will be granted legal pardons to return to the US.

This leaves them feeling like outcast thus shy away from employment opportunities, mostly formal ones (Higate, Hughes & Lart, 2006). Just as well, they may suffer from mental disorders because of substance abuse and this renders them incapable of carrying out certain tasks.

Youth and Social Policy: Neo-liberalism Name: Course: Professor: Institution: City and State: Date: Neo-liberalism Neo-liberalism is an economic concept that emerged in the 1930s. It is a philosophy that has grown in popularity in the recent past and its application has also spread (Leighton, 2011).

The children of the first two couples wandered around in spite of the warnings that their parents kept enunciating. Their parents continuously threatened to cut the trip short if they did not begin to do what they were being told but did not act on this threat.

This research has also highlighted the perspective of the sociologists regarding the issue and the organization involved. Thus, a detailed study of the particular issue and the role of the organization in the issue can be observed in the discussion of the essay.

The notion that social science only informs about the role of an individual in society and documents the way changing circumstances affect people is no longer applicable. This has become possible with the incorporation of “critical thinking” in every sub-category of social science including sociology, political science, anthropology, and philosophy

Professionals have attempted to identify different typologies of sexually abusive women, in an attempt to categorize the specific sub-groups of female sexual offenders based on potential commonalities; there are three main typologies of female sexual offenders and these include the male-coerced, predisposed, and teacher/lover typologies. 

Media is fundamentally responsible for the cultivation of overt sex in the West. Parents should feel personally responsible to protect their children from seeing R-rated movies. Some parents have little choice but to take young children to the adult-oriented movies that feature sexual content and violence.

It is not a decision to be taken lightly as divorce, though a viable option, is a last resort for those wishing to end their marriage for whatever reason. While many people may know that they are ready for such a commitment, that is really only half the battle.

In order to investigate the cause and effect relationship between important variables the researcher will adopt the quantitative research method and will collect data and information with the help of different target respondents. Apart from this, the researcher will be considerate of the ethical considerations related to the research project.

Nonetheless, considering the conditions attached to the privileges, it is more likely that most psychologists might not be ready to undergo the extra training in order to acquire a prescription license. Granting prescription privileges to psychologists might not be an effective solution, as the conditions tied to the privileges might scare most psychologists.

The term ethics is primarily concerned with distinguishing between something that is morally good from bad in the way individuals behave (Rossouw 2004). However, there are some controversies surrounding the concept of ethics in some instances given that people have different perceptions about particular issues in life.

The film is about a widower (Robert De Niro) who realized the need to re-establish his relationship with his four children after his wife died. The realization occurred when all of his children failed to come to the family gathering. Thus, he decided to visit each of the children who were residing in different states.

AARP is a nonprofit organization and is one of the most powerful NGOs in the United States.  It mainly provides benefits to old persons. It provides programs on training old people, counseling, tax preparation, safe driving, and crime prevention. It believes in one vision i.e. a country should be free of poverty and old persons should not feel vulnerable.

Deputy Lester goes to forcibly evict her, but ends up pitying her and offers to help her move. He advises Kathy to seek legal redress in order to recapture her house. Iranian immigrant Behrani is an unskilled laborer buys the house through auction with a view of repairing it and selling it at a profit in order to enrich his family’s lives.

It requires commitment and sheer passion to save humanity in order to transcend ones self-interest and overcome ones fears for the sake of saving a human life. Risking one’s life at the cost of other’s well-being- such is the life of a firefighter. Hence, what seems a mere act of bravery is more than just that- it requires not just courage but determination.

The rate of substance abuse among U.S. military soldiers is rapidly increasing. Therefore, the U.S. Army needs to revamp its current policies and procedures and take a more active stance to address this issue. Substance abuse among military soldiers also has associated risk factors of suicide and other mental health disorders.

The community will triple, increasing to 25 percent of the entire US population. Notably, the demographic transformation, spearheaded by the successful increase of Hispanic population, is triggering the revolution of the American culture and economic power.

The body of knowledge which regards criminal activities as social phenomena is criminology. Theories of criminology are crucial in understanding criminality. Criminality entails all matters that have anything to do with breaking the law, making law and reactions that concern law breaking process.

The point of Apted’s way of seeing them is how society sees them. As I have watched the 49 Up film, I realize that these participants together with the others just do not see the whole point of the series. I consider that what they are revealing in the 7 Up to 49 Up Series is not something on the personal level, but, rather, on the social level.

Such principles therefore concern the professional acknowledgement of responsibilities to people who need them as well as colleagues. They act as a platform of guidance for members in discharging their professional duties and adhere to ideal concepts of professional and ethical conduct.

Realism outlines empirical, actual, and real ontological domains. The empirical realm deals with human experiences, while the actual domain deals with those events happening in the real world but no individual has experience in. Real includes both the empirical and actual domains (Prowse, 2010, p. 218).

Culture imported through migration is not appreciated as it should in the U.K. due to the heightened “evidence of deepening inequalities of income and wealth in the UK since the 1980s” (Berkeley 2010, p. 223). Some UK citizens do not validate foreign culture at all as shown by the growing xenophobic wave against migrants.

Individuals have for centuries searched for a common and precise meaning of a well rounded person without much success. Philosophers have put various theories in place to explain what a well rounded person posses.

Is domestic violence a personal matter that has to be resolved within the family or a social problem that has to be criminalized? Such is an issue being debated upon in Qatar today. The range of domestic abuses – physical, emotional, economic, psychological, social, and sexual that sometimes result in death.