Academic papers on Sociology, Social Work, & Counseling

Conversation Analysis
This 3 page paper discusses what conversation analysis is, the steps in teaching it and why. Examples included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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An Analysis of Max Weber's Ideas about Capitalism
This 3 page paper examines some of Max Weber's ideas. Capitalism is discussed. An example is used to demonstrate that capitalism works when there is a spirit or determination involved. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Karl Marx, Socialism, Communism And Class Struggle
4 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses law of motion, alienation, dictatorship of the proletariat and socialism/communism from Marx's perspective. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Welfare System: Failure
8 pages in length. Despite myriad attempts from a number of presidential administrations to reform a system fraught with a combination of conceptual and delivery problems, the welfare system continues to represent one of the greatest social,...
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Behavioral Journal Article Review: School Violence
3 pages in length. The writer briefly reviews this article by considering variables, methodology and study results. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Functionalism and the Relationship between the Individual and Society
This 3 page paper explores the relationship between the individual and society from a functional point of view. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Is the WHO Doing its Job?
This 9 page paper examines the World Health Organization and looks at both sides of the issue. Is the organization competent? Is it doing all it can? The paper supports the efforts of the organization but both sides of the issue are addressed. ...
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Using the Sociological Imagination to Interpret a Personal Situation
This 4 page paper uses sociological theory to interpret a personal situation. Recommendations for a student writing an essay is provided in tutorial form. An example of being arrested for drunk driving is used. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Deviant Behavior: Crime
A 4 page paper which examines the deviant behavior of crime involving people of lower class in America. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Determining Meaning
This 5 page paper draws on various experts including James Scott, Beth Loffreda and Annie Dillard to discuss how one group of people confers meaning on another. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Male and Female Roles in Marriage
A 3 page paper which examines modern roles of men and women in marriage, and the roles of women from traditional times of the past. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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The Ethnic Myth by Steinberg
A 5 page critique of Stephen Steinberg
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Impression Management and Insincerity
This 5 page paper discusses whether or not people who play various "roles" in society are insincere because they deliberately present themselves in a certain way; it argues they are not. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Fast Food Changed The Way We Eat
A 3 page paper that discusses how and why fast food changed the way we eat, for example, life has become very hectic. No bibliography.
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Lucy Grealy's "Autobiography Of A Face" - Deviance
8 pages in length. Lucy Grealy was victimized twice in her life: the first time being broadsided by childhood cancer that - by distorting her face - caused her insurmountable grief and torment for the rest of her life and the second time by the...
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