In Venice‚ the main artist guild or scuola was called the Arte dei Depentori‚ which was created in 1271 (Brown 42). Sheilagh Ogilvie argues in her article‚ "The Economics of Guilds‚" that "guilds in medieval and early modern Europe offered an effective institutional mechanism whereby two powerful groups‚ guild members and political elites‚ could collaborate in capturing a larger slice of the economic pie and redistributing it to themselves at the expense of the rest of the economy" (Ogilvie 170)
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Views on the Role of Public Opinion The constitution in America has been changed with regards to the public opinion-related parts and stated‚ echoing the founding fathers‚ that the public in the modern world‚ due to the complexity of the modern world‚ are not interested in political issues‚ and are particularly ignorant of matters they do not have experience with‚ specially foreign affairs . According to Walter Lippmann‚ an American sociologist‚ ordinary people working only‚ with what he named
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Merit 2 – Use different sociological perspectives to discuss patterns and trends of health and illness in two different social groups. Distinction 1 - Evaluate different sociological explanations for patterns and trends of health and illness in two different social groups. There are many different factors that can increase your chance of becoming ill and dying. The different factors are social class‚ gender‚ age and ethnicity. The different social groups I will look at are social class and gender
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Outline and assess cultural explanations for different class achievement (50 marks) A social class background has a very powerful influence on a child’s chances of success in the education system. The children that are from a middle class background will normally perform better than the working class. Basil Bernstein identifies to different speech codes that can effect class achievement in the education system. The restricted speech code‚ this is normally used by the working class. It is based
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Assess sociological explanations for social class differences in educational achievement (24 marks) It can be explained that some social class differences within pupils can have an effect on the educational achievement of a child. I will therefore evaluate these factors in my essay. The Intelligence Quotient (IQ) theory is used to clearly identify intelligence. It can be measured accurately via IQ tests. The data produced by this test indicates clear social class differences in intelligence
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1. What did you think of the poverty quizzes? I took the “poverty quizzes” – which just makes you aware of some of the priorities that that each socio-economic group concentrates on and why. My district (Austintown) now has more than 50% of our students on free and reduced lunch so I see the difference in economics daily. 2. How did you do on the quizzes? Did you find out anything about yourself? I already knew I was from a middle class background but grew up seeing both sides around me (rich
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How does Golding introduce Piggy‚ Jack and Ralph? Golding introduces Piggy as an intelligent and more matured boy: "Nobody don’t know we’re here - We may stay here till we die" Piggy‚ unlike Ralph‚ is more aware of the situation and is focusing on the importance of no adults on the island. Piggy is shown looking on the logical‚ mature side of the situation whereas Ralph‚ much like most of the other boys they meet later‚ are excited about living with no rules and no adults. As Piggy therefore seems
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Write 15 lines on the social fabric of the play and links to the Pygmalion Myth. The social fabric of something is the way everything connects and joins together. The social fabric of Pygmalion is one that is connected yet also partly disconnected. The society of the time was based on the class system. Everyone was easily distinguished from one another by their clothes‚ the way they act‚ their social groups and as pointed out in Pygmalion the accent that a person has is an almost instant tell tale
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Evaluate the arguments and evidence for the view that poverty and material deprivation are the most important barriers to educational attainment. (20) It is assumed by some people that there is a major relationship between social class and education‚ i.e. the higher class the child does better at educational achievement. Many of these people assume that poverty and material deprivation are the main barriers. Douglas‚ a sociologist who also believes that out-school factors such as poverty
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“An inspector calls communicates a message that is relevant only to the plays first audiences; it has no interest or relevance on a modern audience” What do you think of this statement? An Inspector calls was written in 1945 in the setting of an Edwardian 1920’s Britain. In the same month that the atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima‚ audiences were queuing anxiously for J. B Priestley’s latest creation. An Inspector calls was hugely relevant to 1945 audiences‚ as it echoed their feeling
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