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Papers On Social Problems & Social Research
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Ageism
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8 pages in length. There are many ideals and attitudes for which North America is considered a precedent setter, not the least of which includes efforts to improve the workplace both personally and professionally, institute stronger health-related laws such as with smoking bans in public establishments, as well as leading the way toward more environmentally-friendly and healthy food through organic farming. However, despite these models of positive progress, North America fails miserably at addressing a fundamental component of any civilized society: respecting and appreciating the elderly. The reality of ageism - defined as "any attitude, action, or institutional structure which subordinates a person or group because of age or any assignment of roles in society purely on the basis of age" (Traxler, 1980, p. 4) - is a prevalent and ongoing social ill throughout North American societies this is manifested in individual conduct, media influence and workforce limitations. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCAgeism.rtf
Aggression, Domestic Violence And The Cycle Of Abuse
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6 pages in length. The extent to which mankind behaves in most inhumane ways is both grand and far-reaching; that domestic violence continues to be one of humanity's most despicable acts of aggression speaks to a motivating force based in the fundamentals of patriarchy and gender oppression. Moreover, the prevalence of domestic violence does not end once the abuse stops or the victim has escaped but rather it perpetuates into a cyclical existence that prevents the abused individual from being fully able to break away from the physical and emotional torment. Many times - particularly in the case of childhood victims - this cycle of abuse stays with them into their adult years to be re-enacted with that person's own family. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TLCCycleAbs.rtf
AIRLINE SAFTEY, SHEL AND THE HUMAN CONDITION
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This 6-page paper focuses on the SHEL model and how it fits in with airline saftey. The crash of American Airlines Flight 1420 in 1999 is examined in conjunction with the model. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTairlergo.rtf
Alcohol and Drug Abuse / Impacts
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An 10 page investigation into the impacts substance abuse has on the abuser and those around him or her. The writer essentially provides a research proposal that includes: hypothesis, explanation of variables, review of the literature, and proposed method for the study. The writer suggests that there are a number of events that can cause the alcohol or chemical-dependent individual to seek help and bases the proposed study on these suppositions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Impact.wps
Alcohol Consumption & Media Coverage
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A 6 page research paper that examines three research studies in regards to what they reveal about the effect of media on alcohol consumption. The writer argues that this research shows that the media can play either a beneficial or a detrimental role in alcohol consumption, which evolves from its function as the most obvious manifestation of our society's concept of social norms. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khalcon.rtf
Alcoholism
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A 6 page paper which examines cause and effect. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TGalcohl.rtf
Alcoholism and Social Work
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A 13 page review of alcoholism as it pertains to the field of social work. This paper clarifies the relevance and delineates developmental stages, interventions, strengths and future projections. Includes a Roman Numeral Outline. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPalcSoc.rtf
Alcoholism: A Significant Social Problem
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A 15 page discussion of alcoholism and its impacts to society. This paper discusses how we have historically dealt with the problem and makes suggestions for more effective intervention. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPalcSocPrb.rtf
Alex Kotlowitz's "There Are No Children Here"/ Sociological Analysis
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A 7 page paper that presents a review of Kotlowitz's book with consideration for the elements of social and racial concerns, as well as the psychological impacts of life in the Chicago housing projects. Kotlowitz's book is a case study, a social commentary and a journalistic representation that focuses on one families struggle in the gang controlled ghetto. The two younger boys in the Rivers family, Lafayette and Pharoah were the impetus for Kotlowitz study, but his exploration into the rest of the family, the social interactions in the projects, and the social and cultural implications of this lifestyle is significant to the book as a whole. The primary source is cited.
Filename: Kotlowit.wps
America's Most Serious Social Problem
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This 3 page opinion paper argues that the most serious social problem facing America today is poverty, exemplified in the growing gap between rich and poor. Many of our other problems stem from this base. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVSocPro.rtf
American Criticism of the Wealthy
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An 8 page critique of the contention that Americans do not criticize the so-called "new rich", contentions presented in a February 1, 2000 broadcast in which Ray Suarez interviews James Twitchell (author of "Lead us into Temptation: The Triumph of American Materialism"), Michael Saylor (CEO of Microstrategy), Jean Bethke Elshtain (professor of Philosophy and Political Ethics and author of “Democracy on Trial”) and screenwriter/playwright Alan Ball. The author of this paper contests Suarez's contentions and asserts that criticism of the wealthy is still very much a characteristic of American society. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPwealth.rtf