Do studies of the social ordering of space show that the exclusion from public spaces is always a problem for women? - published: 17/05/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
It has been unanimously agreed, since Foucault, that power is not an intermittent and isolated force. Rather, the concept manifests itself daily as a continuous network of power struggles exerting on any individual regardless of his status in society, “from the great strategy of geo-politics...
Special education - published: 17/05/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Educational studies
Today, school teachers are increasingly dealing with disabled children. In fact, we notice more and more hyperactive children or those with behavior problems. This could be explained by the fact that working parents don't get enough time for their kids. With parents' wish of perfect equal...
A survey among exchange students living in Belgium - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 11 pages - Educational studies
We have decided to conduct a survey of the exchange Exchange Student living in Belgium” to analyze their living habits. We have decided to focus first on the reaction of foreign students living in Belgium. We have also decided to question other students that had been a part of a foreign...
The British passion for sports: Its particularities and its limits - published: 17/05/2009
Thesis - 8 pages - Sports
The former British athlete Sebastian Coe declared on the 12th November that “he wanted to tap into United Kingdom's passion for sports” by presenting the London Olympic bid. It is indeed undeniable that sports have a significant place in British society. There are at least 36 million...
New ways of promoting gender equality - published: 16/05/2009
Thesis - 14 pages - Sociology & social sciences
This paper provides an overview of gender inequality comparing Europe and North America through media perspectives and company front runners within each region. It will provide an analysis of the methods used by companies and how actions are successfully carried out. As well it will discuss the...
The evolution of Chinese and French women since the nineteenth century: Differences and similarities - publié le 15/05/2009
Thesis - 17 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In the two last Centuries, French women and Chinese ones have realized, little by little, their emancipation. What are the matrixes which have participated to the positive evolution of the condition of the Chinese and French women? Under which form has it taken place, and at which moments in the...
Do you agree with Mernissi that the modernizing Moroccan society she studied in the 1970s provided no norms for heterosexual interaction between the sexes? - How far is this applicable to other Moslem societies you have read about? - publié le 14/05/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Gender interactions in the Moslem world and in Western societies are often opposed in terms of the woman's place in society. The Cultural differences between the two worlds can be underlined but it is not the subject of sociology to evaluate which one of the both ways of gender interaction is the...
Internship report in Fleetway Travel Plc - published: 13/05/2009
Thesis - 11 pages - Educational studies
During 4 months, I had the opportunity to be an intern at Fleetway Travel Plc. The company, based in the heart of Central London, offers many travel products at competitive prices, including tailor-made breaks, flights, hotels, car hire, and travel insurance. I had never worked in the tourism...
Football and globalization - published: 12/05/2009
Thesis - 12 pages - Sports
“The world is a global village in which everything tends to be known. Or at least, can be known. Universal references exist, people who can be identified at once from Tokyo to Berlin, via Los Angeles, Dakar, Buenos Aires or Melbourne. But football is the most globalized phenomenon. Georges...
Feminism in France and in the US: A comparison - publié le 12/05/2009
Thesis - 11 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In 1991, the American feminist movement was revived by the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas case. In the same year, Clarence Thomas, a Supreme Court nominee was accused a few days before his appointment of sexual harassment by one of his former co-workers, the Law Professor Anita Hill. This case is...
Is education in Japan is truly meritocratic? - publié le 11/05/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Educational studies
At first sight, Japanese education system seems to be truly meritocratic. Indeed, in Japanese consciousness, all are born equal. It is only thanks to their work and efforts, that they achieve their goals. As the education system is grounded on those principles, we may think that only the most...
Walpole vs. Reeve: The gothic novel
Book review - 4 pages - Educational studies
In The Castle of Otranto, Horace Walpole sets the norm for Gothic novels to follow. He introduces such themes as the supernatural, the tragic heroine, usurpation, and a central location. Clara Reeve in her novel The Old English Baron redefines Walpole's definition of Gothic and makes it her own....
Uninhibited writing: The importance of a positive writing environment in the language arts classroom
Thesis - 8 pages - Educational studies
Writing is unique from other subject areas such math, or science because it so greatly relies on the facilitation of ideas rather than the relaying of constant factual information to the students by the teacher. How writing is taught is heavily dependent on teacher values. Whether it is a...
Autistic disorder
Case study - 6 pages - Psychology
Thomas McKean was a 15-year-old boy attending junior high school when he was diagnosed with pervasive development disorder and placed in a psychological care facility. Since he was a young boy, Thomas and his family struggled with his condition and they were all unaware of the cause behind all of...
On the way to a successful integration on a US Campus as a French student - publié le 08/05/2009
Thesis - 14 pages - Educational studies
What makes 600,000 young people from all over the world come to study in the United States? Is it the reputation of the US degrees? The efficient teaching methods? Life on campus? Studying in the United States is a dream for a large number of students in the world. A lot of movies and serials...
Turner, "Liminality and Communitas" & Metcalf, P., and R. Huntington, Death Rituals and Life Values: Rites of Passage Reconsidered
Book review - 1 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Peter Metcalf, Richard Huntington's and Victor Turner's works are all studies of rituals and more precisely of rites of passage. As far as Peter Metcalf and Huntington's works are concerned, the study focuses on the rites linked to death for the Malagasy inhabitants; that is to say it...
Examining Anti-social personality disorder
Thesis - 6 pages - Psychology
The human body is a remarkable entity which possesses a seemingly unlimited amount of potential. Everyday people set out to climb mountains, swim oceans, and accomplish wide arrays of tasks previously thought impossible. If one examines the human body closely they immediately notice the...
International professional experience, IPEX, Brant lake Camp, program ICCP YMCA - published: 07/05/2009
Thesis - 6 pages - Sports
From the 6th of June to the 24th of August I was working in Brant Lake Camp as a kitchen staff. Brant Lake Camp is located in New York's Adirondack State Park about four hours driving time north of New York City. Brant Lake Camp is located on a 6-mile long, crystal clear lake, nested in New...
Sociological accounts of social movements - publié le 07/05/2009
Thesis - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Contemporary sociological accounts of social movements are mainly influenced by the ‘new American paradigm' (crossley) arguing that social actors are rational calculators. According to these sociologists, emotions associated with irrationality are opposed to knowledge linked with...
What is depression and how is it looked after? - publié le 07/05/2009
Thesis - 2 pages - Psychology
There are several types of depression, but we will only discuss the major depressions. We will try to understand this disease, by analyzing its symptoms, causes and possible treatments. The clinical depression is more than a feeling of bad day's blues. It is an intense state ofoccupational...
Motivation in the classroom
Thesis - 8 pages - Educational studies
Teachers should always try to inspire their students to learn. Sadly, not all students are willing to put in the effort it takes to do so and so teachers have a job to motivate their students. Students need to want to learn, because this will facilitate their learning and make it easier for them...
Six case studies on usage of technology in relation to the philosophical, social and ethical factors in modern education system
Dissertation - 71 pages - Educational studies
The following are the case studies discussed in this paper. 1. The misuse of e-Mail technology has created ethical problems. Some critics think that technology tends to remove students from the moral implications of technology. Issues at stake include respect for privacy, the proper use in...
Is gender a useful category for understanding the experiences of immigrants in France?
Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
An analysis based on the gender category consists in distinguishing women and men in their experiences, in order to find out whether there are noteworthy differences between them. Within the particular framework of immigration in France, it is a remarkable fact that only a minority of writers...
Anthropology of religion : cargo cults
Book review - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
This essay is based on Peter M.Worsley's work "Cargo Cults? and Andrew Lattas's "one Telephones, Cameras and Technology in West New Britain Cargo Cults?. Peter M. Worsley and Andrew Lattas both study a specific religious phenomenon which is cargo cults in Melanesia and in New Britain....
Anthropology of religion : religious specialists, Shamanism
Text commentary - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
This essay is based on the articles of Margery Wolf's "The woman who didn't become a Shaman? and Victor Turner's "one Religious Specialists?. In his study of the religious specialists, Victor W.Turner tries to give us a mere definition of this phenomenon in order to show that they all...
Anthropological debates on rationality and modes of thought
Text commentary - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
This essay is based on Steven Lukes work ?Some Problems about Rationality' and Robin Horton's work ?African Traditional Thought and Western Science'. The anthropological debate on the rationality of the primitive mode of thought is linked with a problem of method for anthropologists....
Symbols and religions
Book review - 2 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
This essay is based on C.R.Hallpike's work on "Social Hair? and Sherry B.Ortner's work "On Key Symbols?. The 1960s and 1970s were a period of important changes in anthropological studies. Most anthropologists react to Marxism and structuralism by changing their conception of their role....
The functions of religion in societies
Book review - 1 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
This essay is based on Malinowski's work "The role of Magic and Religion? and that of Evans Pritchard "Witchcraft explains unfortunate events?. Both Malinowski's and Evans Pritchard's works take part in the debate on the function of religion in societies and for individuals. Both...
Anthropological debates on definition and origin
Book review - 1 pages - Sociology & social sciences
This article is based on Tylor's work on animism and Durkheim's work The Elementary Forms of the religious Life. One of the main problems of an anthropological study of religions is to find the objectivity that every science requires. For example do we need to be believers or atheists to...
Religion as an object of anthropological study
Book review - 1 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
This article is based on the articles of the Clifford Geertz Religion as a cultural system and the article of T. Asad: The construction of Religion as an Anthropological Category. In Religion as a cultural system T. Asad 's opposition to C.Geert's theory underlines the difficulty in...
