Maathai is locally and worldwide renowned as a conservation environmentalist and crusader for gender and social justice. A woman of many firsts, amongst them, the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in East and Central Africa (1971) and to head the Veterinary Anatomy Department, at one of Kenya’s oldest and most prestigious Universities - the University of Nairobi (UON) in...
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When people call on the police force for unfair reasons, they will add to an ongoing issue because minority populations are more likely to face police brutality or excessive discipline in the justice system. African American victims are often biased by representatives of mainly white police forces. In other facets of daily life, including schooling, housing and jobs, the effects...
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According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, for every 1000 people, 350 are convicted of crimes. The purpose behind these convictions varies, some including race and socioeconomic status. According to Lawrence D. Bobo and Victor Thompson, 43.3% of blacks convicted are in a federal or state prison, although they only make up 13% of the overall US population. Terrence C....
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Over the last fifty years, the gap in reading-related test scores between the bottom 10% (10th percentile) and the top 10% (90th percentile) has grown by roughly 30 to 40 percent (Reardon, 1). Over that amount of time, the income inequality between the top 10% and bottom 10% has also significantly widened. The difference in scores between the poorest and...
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Socioeconomic status (SES) can be defined as the social and economic standing of an individual or group, relative to others. Components that typically determine SES are occupation, education and income. The Equality Trust (2017) presented figures that showed the top one-fifth of households in the United Kingdom have 40% of national income. In contrast, the bottom fifth have just 8%....
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The global health concerns and cases continue to rise daily, especially to the current pandemic of 2020, Covid-19. Health organizations, such as the World Health Organization (WHO), directs worldwide health concerns within the United Nations’ system, and leads other organization partners in global health responses by ensuring the safety of the air people breath, food they eat, water they drink,...
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Socioeconomic status (SES) is a widely studied concept within the social sciences due to its predictive value with a number of life outcomes. Although much debate has occurred as to exactly what SES represents it is generally quantified as a measure of parental education, family income and occupational status. Examining the relationship between SES and intelligence has historically proven difficult;...
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Social stratification is a defining feature of modern society, encompassing a hierarchical structure that categorizes individuals based on various socio-economic factors such as income, education, occupation, and race. This stratification manifests in a complex tapestry in the United States, reflecting the nation's diverse population and history. With the American Dream proclaiming the potential for upward mobility, the reality often paints...
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A health and social care worker is able to assess the needs, concerns, and priorities of individuals that are near to end of life in their own homes, a residential care home, a nursing home, a hospital, or a hospice. The assessment that the health and social care worker will do is a continuous process as the needs of the...
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Sociological imagination is the context that shapes the decision-making of an individual person and others. This can be transformative as it shows the effects of individuals' decisions on society due to the problems they have faced. Both Mills (1959) and Plummer (2012) talk about sociological imagination in their work while others also mention this concept to develop their ideas further....
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The question that arose from our discussion concerns whether the concept of self is formed through the interaction with others or if it is solely based on the individual. As we go through life, nothing stays consistent, we come across new situations, we develop and we progress. We learn about other people's perspective regarding us through the action of meeting...
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Sociology- socialization, and culture 1. Read the item below and answer the following questions. All social groups, whether small or large, have to find ways of ensuring their members follow norms and values. In society, different groups use social control to maintain order. Teachers, for example, use detention if students go against the norms and values of the school. Social...
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On an average night, during the June quarter 2018, 980 adolescents aged between 10-17 were in youth detention in Australia (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2018) posing a challenge to the criminal system which recognises the unique needs of adolescent offenders. A report by the Australian Law Reform Commission summarises some of these challenges by noting that adolescents “tend...
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Introduction to 'Crazy Rich Asians' and Its Cultural Context This movie analysis is based on ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ movie that come out last year in 2018. It produces by Jon M. Chu, a Singapore producer based on novel with the title ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ wrote by Kevin Kwan in 2013 (Jose, 2018). The main actor of this film was starred...
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Social mobility is critical for a healthy society and a good state of mental well-being. Equal access to education and skilled employment is vital to boost families' movement from any community within a society's social strata and raise the living standard. Since 1980 economic mobility has slowed in Great Britain, and currently, the nation ranks near the bottom among OECD...
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This assignment will be focusing on the Psychodynamic and Person-Centred perspectives. The aim will be to compare, contrast and provide criticisms for both perspectives. Also, the effectiveness of the Psychodynamic and Person-Centred Approaches will be mentioned, all with the use of past literature. Following that will be a conclusion that will summarise the essay. Person-centered therapy took a while to...
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From the periods between the years 1600-1800, Black Africans were subjected to a grueling expedition of torment and torture. In Emma Christopher’s historical writing known as “Many Middle Passages: Forced Migration and the Making of the Modern World”, we are thrown into the earlier ages where there were journeys of slave ships from the west coast of Africa, across the...
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In recent years, the influence that organizational culture has on shaping performance in social care practice is of growing concern (Commission for Social Care Inspection, 2008). It has seen lots of discussion in the media with international scandals dominating headlines such as the Orchid View case and Winterbourne View tragedy (West Sussex Adults Safeguarding Board, 2014; Department of Health, 2012)....
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Introduction Within this essay, the role of a social care worker in contemporary, also known as modern, Ireland will be talked about under different headings. The first thing that will be talked about is what Social Care work is, along with the differences between Social Care Work and Social Care Practice then the qualities and characteristics required to become a...
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Introduction This essay will focus on the role of a social care worker, specifically, the history of the profession, what the practice has learned from its predecessor, and how it has evolved into the current model of social care practice that is seen today. These subjects will be researched through relevant books, web pages, and scholarly journals. Historical Context of...
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Introduction The following assignment will discuss how social care has been professionalized in Ireland, it examines social care in Ireland in both the past and the present. It briefly explores 4 very high-profile cases that gained huge media attention. Two of these cases are around incest, neglect, and child abuse both mental and physical. Another case is about elderly people...
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The main principles underpinning Social Care Practice include respect, dignity, and empowerment of clients so they can live a better life and achieve their full potential. The aim of Social care practice to promote social justice for vulnerable individuals so that they can take control of their own lives within their own social context and environment. Social Care practitioners take...
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Social death can be defined as the condition of people not fully accepted as human by the wider society. From various studies conducted on social death, three underlying notions have arisen: ‘a loss of social identity, loss of social connectedness and losses associated with the disintegration of the body’ (Králová, 2015). I will be exploring these factors in greater depth...
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In his seminal poem “The Wasteland,” T.S. Eliot vividly externalizes what he perceives to be a very internal death of pandemic proportions. Calling upon a vast catalogue of religion, classical writings, music and art, the work depicts an entire Western culture virtually dead spiritually in the wake of World War I. Some are aware of their death yet many are...
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As the market and money economies came to replace the predominant agricultural society, social mobility began to develop within Tokugawa Japan. Those from social classes lower than the samurais as peasants, artisans, and merchants, who were formerly restricted by the class tradition, were now opened to the world of business, and, therefore, to the roles of employee and employer as...
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Do you comply with your social status? Social mobility is the shifting of social status, It is a change of social status relative to one’s current social location within a particular society. Pitirim Sorokin shared this concept of social mobility with his book “Social and Cultural Mobility”, stating that there is no society that is either completely open or closed,...
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Social mobility is “movement up or down the social class leader” (Henslin, 2017, p. 279). There are three types of social mobility. One type is intergenerational mobility, it consists of upward social mobility (moving up the social class ladder) and downward social mobility (moving down the social class ladder). As stated by Henslin, the second type is structural mobility which...
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Psychopaths and criminals seem to be a big problem all around the world that people have been dealing with for centuries. To know how to stop and identify a psychopath, people must first learn the direct mindset of a psychopath. I think psychopaths are feared so much because they seem very unpredictable and can blend in with society very well....
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When the topic social mobility arises, we naturally question ourselves: Is it possible to move through the hierarchy of a society? Social mobility is possible to a certain degree in most of the cultures and societies that exist nowadays. My purpose with this paper is to prove that more chances are available in the society we live in and that...
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Enterprise is a way employees can do their tasks from anyplace using a wide variety of programs and devices, to work. The term commonly pertains to the use of mobile devices, like mobile phones and tablets, for business purposes. However in addition, it covers the mobility of information and of workers. For instance, from their Personal Computer, a worker could...
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