Globalization is a positive force that uniformly bolsters the economic prospects of countries and societies around the globe. Do you agree or disagree? - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
"Another world is possible". This sentence, popularized for the first time during the demonstrations in the Doha Round, aims at denouncing the rising inequalities within countries, and considers the kind of globalization currently implemented being responsible for the prevailing situation....
Barack Obama's Speech on Race
Text commentary - 4 pages - Modern history
Analyse sur un extrait du discours d'Obama " Barack Obama's Speech on Race" donné le 18 mars 2018 publié dans The New York Times. La problématique étant : How Barack Obama calls on American history to explain the inequalities that remain in the 21st century in the United States,...
Is the Negative Globalization on the Move?
Dissertation - 10 pages - Economic politics
Since about twenty years, the globalization has been characterized by the spreading of the multinationals, a huge development of worldwide networks, of international commerce, the explosion of the foreign direct investments' volume, the increase in power of the Asiatic countries in the global...
Socio-economic status: An independent risk factor
Thesis - 12 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Social inequality on health is well known. The measure of socioeconomic status remains difficult because it is a multidimensional concept that requires the use of multiple indicators. The indicators used to measure social status are education, occupation and income. They each have their...
Improving women's condition
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Each year, on march 8th , the media speak about women's conditon as it is 'The International Women's day', a kindly initiative in a world where women represent half of the population. Nowadays, women are still discriminated against inequalities at work or domestic violence...
The public health environment in England: Focus on specific policies
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The nature of major causes of work-related ill health makes occupational health fit more closely than ever before into the public health agenda. The government has been quick to recognize the role of occupational health nurses in reaching the public health targets set in recent public health...
Critically assess the role of (ethnic/racial/religious) discrimination in explaining immigrants and ethnic minorities' education and the labour market disadvantage in Western Europe
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
After World War II and the process of decolonization, European countries were regarded as egalitarian and peaceful societies (Wacquant 2008, p. 15). In a context of economic expansion, the integration of migrants was easier and their aspirations of social mobility were achievable. However, times...
Improving women's condition - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Introduction Each year, on march 8th , the media speak about women's condition insofar as it is « The International Women's day », a kindly initiative in a world where they represent the half of the population. Nowadays, women are still discriminated against : inequalities at...
Globalization and social class - John H. Goldthorpe
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
This text is an article written by J. Goldthrope, about social class in the context of globalization. According to the author, we can differentiate concepts from theories of globalization. There is a mere economic definition of globalization: a process by which economic activity is increasingly...
Class and inequality in Australia - publié le 14/12/2006
Essay - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Since the middle of the nineteenth century and the gold rushes, the principle of equality has become fundamental in Australia as far as each person, including prisoners were considered to be equal by gold he found. It is common place to hear that Australia is an egalitarian and classless society...
William Summer Henry George
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
Every era is marked by certain events. An attempt to explain the phenomenon of the era will always be presented. However, the validity of the explanations vary. An exemplification of this may be revealed through the work of William Graham Sumner and Henry George. Each author presented statements...
Racism Among People of Color in Australia
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Australian racism traces contemporary and historical society attitudes, non-compliance to political matters, and government negligence of citizens' rights. Contemporary Australia results from indigenous people and numerous immigration waves from Ireland and the United Kingdom. Racism forms...
Class and inequality in Australia
Essay - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences
If Horne described Australian society by its “climate so professedly egalitarian” and its “Fair go, mate”, McGregor points out that “it is impossible to live in Australia without coming to realize that the different social classes […] experience crucial differences...
Is there a French Affirmative Action?
Essay - 14 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The debate over affirmative action is a burning issue in France, because it lays the French model of integration flat again. It deals with the 'French exception', which can be traced back to the Revolution era. It deals with very passionate subjects like school, universalism etc....
The political theory of totalitarianism and its relationship to terrorism:A discussion on the relationship between totalitarianism and terrorism in the context of political theory
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Throughout the twentieth century the concept of Totalitarianism has functioned on political, moral, religious and theoretical level. Designating regimes that maintain themselves in political power by means of propaganda, state-controlled media and economy and restriction of free speech,...
Global health-care
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The image of cities seems somewhat paradoxical. While economically and socially developed cities are often considered a place of employment, infrastructure and support they are also considered responsible for undermining environment and health. Cities have the reputation of being dirty, stifling...
Is universal is healthcare in Brazil really universal?
Case study - 14 pages - Educational studies
Access to quality and affordable healthcare for all is a social ideal that many countries aspire to attain with varying degrees of success. While many developed countries have more or less achieved universal healthcare, many more other countries are struggling to provide their citizens with...
Study of the population in United Kingdom
Essay - 4 pages - World geography
There are 61 million inhabitants in United Kingdom, a territory twice smaller than France . It means that there is an high density in United Kingdom, but also , as in others countries some social problematics. This study will provide you an overview of the population of United Kingdom today. We...
The birth of the Digital divide
Essay - 3 pages - Computer science
Information technology and communication (ICT) is the subject of a more than abundant literature, and prompted the greatest hopes and greatest fears, and awakened the dreams of democratic ideals and fear of social control. In the late 1970s, we saw a real boom of IT in developed countries. The...
Using structural social work as a means for understanding drug use among Aboriginals in Canada
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Oppression is something that affects all people within the framework of Western society who are not members of the dominant group. This can include people of color or those with disabilities; those of “other” sexual preferences; and especially the poor. In fact, there are many types of...
What are the main milestones in the emergence of the Palestinian problem and the Arab-Israeli conflict? - published: 12/01/2009
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
“In a higher phase of communist society ... after labour has become not only a means of life but life's prime want ... only then can ... society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability to each according to his needs!” (‘Critique of the Gotha Programme', p. 569)....
Examination of social inequality from a sociological perspective
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
The aim of this essay is to discuss the social inequality and other aspects of society from a sociological perspective. Inequalities in society have been the subject of numerous sociological studies. Various commentators from different ideological approaches have analyzed social...
Ghana's future after the oil discoveries - Four scenarios
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
Ghana seems to be destined for a bright future. According to the Ministry of Finance of Ghana, poverty fell from 52% of the total population in 1992 to 28.5% in 2006. However, challenges remain. Unfortunately, inequalities sustain and the poorest Ghanaian people do not seem to benefit from...
The Duchess of Malfi - John Webster
Text commentary - 4 pages - Literature
The Duchess of Malfi is a tragedy by the English Jacobean dramatist John Webster. Little is known of Webster's life. He was born around 1580 and probably died in 1634. His plays are considered masterpieces of Elizabethan and Jacobean Theater. The two most famous ones are The White Devil and...
Achieving Universal Primary Education in China
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
This paper explores China's trajectory towards achieving universal primary education by tracing the historical foundations of educational inequalities between rural and urban China to the period before the formation of the People's Republic of China, when the national government only...
The Relations between the European Union and Latin America - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 11 pages - International relations
Latin America is a huge geographical and cultural space that faces many serious difficulties in development because of high social inequalities, drug traffic and democracies that are often young and fragile. Because of these important issues, and as Latin America is a potentially important...
Is it still relevant to be feminist today ?
Essay - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
A feminist is a person who fights for women to have the same rights as men. The feminist movement isn't a young one, women have been fighting for gender equality for 300 years. Besides it was a very important movement and has allowed enormous progress for women's emancipation. However, we...
Milestones in the emergence of the Palestinian problem and the Arab-Israeli conflict
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
In Critique of the Gotha Programme, written in 1875, Marx distinguishes different stages of communism from "crude communism? to a "higher phase of communism?. He defines crude communism as "a communist society [which has not] developed on its own foundations, but on the contrary, [has] just...
Diversity in Facebook - Women's position
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
As I've said, in Facebook there are more men than women and it's more difficult for a woman to find a job in this company. But the company tries to deploy some strategies designed to balance its workplace. For example, the company is deploying a partnering with the National Center for Women &...
The Relations between the European Union and Latin America
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
Latin America is a huge geographical and cultural space that faces many serious difficulties in development because of high social inequalities, drug traffic and democracies that are often young and fragile. Because of these important issues, and as Latin America is a potentially important...
