Consequences of Thirty Years War in Europe: Suffering of the Peasant Social Class Europe as a whole was drastically altered by the Thirty Years War and the Peace of Westphalia socially‚ economically‚ politically‚ and religiously. Politically‚ the Holy Roman Empire had lost power and was no longer the center of Europe as other countries began to take over‚ Germany was broken up‚ The Dutch and Swiss declared their independence from the weakening Spanish Hapsburgs‚ and France along with Sweden
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sociologists agree that working class people are more likely to commit crimes than any other social class group? The upper class is the group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. Members of an upper class may have great power over the grant of resources and governmental policy in their area. The middle class is the group of people who are at the mediocre level of the social class hierarchy. Nurse‚ teacher and accountant are just three of the fastest growing middle class jobs within the year
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Contemporary views are that class is still the most significant social factor for accounting for differences in educational achievement. It seems that middle class children tend to do better than working class children. Most sociologists believe that in every social class there is the same range of ability‚ this means that class differences in educational attainment are not due to class differences in intelligence‚ but due to other circumstances such as the home and socialization. However some sociologists
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Evaluate the view that working class failure in education is caused by cultural deprivation. Class is the most important influence on educational failure. Herbert Hyman argued that the system of values of the lower classes created an obstacle to their improvement. Hyman outlined the following differences between the system of values of the working and middle classes. The working class; place less value on education‚ place less value on attaining a higher occupational status and believe that
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AN ANALYSIS OF COCKNEY ACCENT AS BEING ACCUSED OF A WORKING CLASS ACCENT OF LONDONERS by Atik Choirun Nisa A320120201 Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta atiknissa@gmail.com ABSTRACT This research is intended to explain why the Cockney accent is considered as a working class accent in London. The type of the study is descriptive qualitative. There are three techniques of collecting data‚ namely: observation‚ interview‚ and analyzing document. Methods of analyzing data are discussion‚ display data
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As shown in item A‚ some sociologists believe that the most important factors causing social class differences in education are class differences. They believe there are deep-rooted differences between the middle and the lower class. An example they give is the lower class’ need for fatalism and collectivism. Fatalism is the belief that all events are predetermined and ‘whatever happens will happen’. This can lead to them not trying as hard in education‚ as they have been brought up to believe their
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“Is social class still the most important determinant of voting behaviour in contemporary British politics?” Introduction “The view that British society is divided into two primary classes is much more than a sociologist’s simplification; it seems to be deeply rooted in the mind of the ordinary British citizen.” (Butler and Stokes‚ 1969) If this statement were still applicable to today’s society‚ then it would establish social class as the most important factor of voting behaviour. The question
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Asses the view that working class students under achieve because they are culturally deprived. There are a large range of perspectives to the role of what causes the under achievement of the working class within education. Sociologists argue whether it is as a result of internal or external factors. This essay will focus largely on the external factors and the view that working class students under achieve because they are culturally deprived. Cultural deprivation theorists argue that a child’s
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How did the pursuit of leisure reflect class differences in the late colonial period? The pursuit of leisure was very reflective of class differences in Australia‚ although at times the lines between middle-class leisure and working-class leisure were blurred. In this essay I plan to evaluate the types of leisure activities participated in by each of the social classes‚ including looking at the differences between female and male leisure activities‚ and also which leisure activities led to intermingling
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Sitcoms about Class and Gender” had me thinking about what we are watching on television. He brought up amazing points saying that characters depicting working class men are shown to be dumb‚ irresponsible‚ messy‚ and unreliable (Butsch‚ 2005‚ p. 459). Those in the middle class are shown as sensible‚ intelligent‚ and mature. One great example that comes to mind is the show Yes Dear. It has two sets of parents living together because one of them cannot afford rent. The dad of the working class family is
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