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13 mai 2002
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Christianity in the USA

Essay - 7 pages - Sociology & social sciences

How are evolving the connections between Christianity and the society, between Christianity and the State ? If more and more Christians movements are expanding and gaining clout, what kind of criticisms has the Church to face ? And, basically, it rises the question of the American securalism : to...

19 avril 2002
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Abortion in the United States

Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences

In the modern world, one can observe the growing success of anti-abortion actions in the United States whereas the law is supposed to ensure safe and medical abortion. Besides, abortion has become a part of everyday politics (like the death penalty). For instance, in the presidential campaign...

16 avril 2002
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Critically evaluate the concept of battered women syndrome in the context of defence to murder

Essay - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences

According to the Cabinet Office paper ?living without fear', published in June 1999, two women per week were killed by a current or former partner. This analysis highlights the fact that the majority of domestic violence are against women. As a result, women experience psychological sequels....

16 avril 2002
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Critically evaluate the ways in which the Equal Pay Act 1970 seeks to achieve equal pay between men and women. How effective has the Act been in achieving its aims ?

Essay - 9 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Because of the large number of women taking jobs in the war industries during World War II, the governments urged employers in 1942 to voluntarily make “adjustments which equalize wage or salary rates paid to females with the rates paid to males for comparable quality and quantity of work on...

23 mars 2002
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Rave culture in modern America

Essay - 15 pages - Sociology & social sciences

This paper attempts to analyze rave culture from a sociological point of view. The document is just an overview and not an in-depth analysis of any particular aspect of the rave culture. The document covers the history of rave culture, rave spirituality, and rave politics, in relation to Hakim...

03 mars 2002
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The Black community in the USA

Essay - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences

“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude […] shall exist within the United States” reads the 1870 thirteen Amendment to the American Constitution. This decision put an official end to the triangular trade, which brought more than fifteen million black slaves to America between...