Origins and Evolution of the Middle-Class Concept in America
Dissertation - 38 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The United States of America has often been viewed as a middle-class nation. Historically, the middle class is considered the class which built the nation against a feudal-like system; ideologically, it celebrates the common man and temperance; it socially represents the equality of opportunity;...
The cultural identity and the assimilation of the Jewish Community in the Global Cities
Dissertation - 47 pages - Sociology & social sciences
My name is Charles Terdjman, I am a 3rd year student in Sciences Po Paris, and I would like to present my comparative research about the Jewish Community in the Global Cities. Sincerely interested in the social and political studies, I wanted to analyze a social or religious minority for this...
On the way to a successful integration on a US Campus. How can a French student succeed his integration?
Dissertation - 39 pages - Sociology & social sciences
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 or the life on campus? Studying in the United States is a myth for a large number of students in the world. A lot of movies and series...
Ethnicisation and urban stigmatisation in contemporary France: the case of "les jeunes de banlieue"
Dissertation - 15 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In France, the concept of ethnicity, contrary to its Anglo-Saxon definition and use in anthropology for example, is philosophically, historically and politically connoted. Indeed, its use has its roots in the colonial history of France. Since the 1980s and the increasing social problems in the...
