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Alexandar ThomasDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology Northeastern University [email protected] ABSTRACT Conventional wisdom suggests that the reduction of funding for social welfare policies during the 1980s is the result of a conservative backlash against the welfare state. With such a backlash,…
The great movements of our time against war and for global democracy are very much concerned with communication and power . . . . —(Miller & Dinan, 2008, p. 182) Greetings and thank you for electing to take Sociology 288:…
Functionalism is an American sociological concept created by an American-Talcott Parsons. As a young Ph.D Parsons joined the Sociology faculty at Harvard University. At Harvard during the McCarty era he was erroneously reported to be a member of the Communist…
Objectives: At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Identify what is meant by the phrase “diversity of the family. 2. Outline the changing demographic characteristics of the family. 3. Outline the difference between complementary and…
Objectives: At the end of this unit, students will be able to: Identify gender inequalities in their work and life. Discuss the basic theoretical positions that attempt to explain gender (e.g., various forms of feminism). Consider the “why?” questions. Why…
Home / Publication Types / Poetry This is a poem for the children of the world who suffer endlessly in silence because the adults in their life can’t get their proverbial shit together. Patience little ones. The day is coming…
So, what is religion? Answering that question is; of course, why you are here. You have come to this web page by whatever path you have come and you are here because you want a better understanding of this thing…
The beheading of American freelance photojournalist James Foley by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has shocked the world. He was taken prisoner in northwest Syria in November 2012 while on assignment for the Global Post. ISIS posted…
Home / Featured Articles #sociology By Dr. Mike Sosteric Associate Professor Athabasca University So here you are, a student with a sociology textbook in one hand and this “primer” in the other, ready to study sociology, and asking the question…
Yesterday I participated as a volunteer for an organization devoted to helping people with family violence. They were doing a fundraiser to raise funds for the free counseling services the organization provides. It is a great organization but I have…
