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    (a )Sociological concepts and theory: You must know what the terms mean Social order Social change Conflict Consensus Social structure Social action The role of values Relationship between sociology and social policy (b ) Methods of sociological enquiry. You must understand the range of methods and

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    BA 324 Business Communication Master Syllabus Applies to All BA 324 Sections Spring 2012 Instructor Info JJ Riekenberg (JJ.Riekenberg@mccombs.utexas.edu) Office: GSB 4.126J / Phone: 471-8051 Office Hours: MW 2:00-3:00 p.m. T 10:00-11:30 a.m. Th 2:00-3:30 p.m. Graders: Prerequisites Required classes: Lillian Niakan TBA Sections 01780/ MWF 08:00 / CBA 4.322 01800/ MWF 10:00 / CBA 4.322 01805/ MWF 11:00 / CBA 4.322 English 603A‚ Rhetoric and Writing 306‚ 306Q‚ 309K‚ or Tutorial Course

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    Discuss the extent to which the role of the family in modern society can be explained by the conflict approach. The conflict theory is a Marxist perspective; they believe that the different classes within society create a divide with the powerful‚ wealthy ruling class exploiting the poor‚ working class. They argue that the modern family is the main reason for this and so it is a bad thing for society. Karl Marx identified three ways in which the family unit benefits the capitalist society. One

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    The most common theories are rational choice‚ trait‚ social process‚ social conflict‚ critical criminology‚ restorative justice and developmental. Rational choice theory was the view that crime is a function of a decision-making process in which the potential offender weighs the potential costs and benefits of an illegal act. The trait theory is the view that criminality is a product of abnormal biological and/or psychological traits. Social process theory is the view that criminology

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    social and interpersonal conflict theory. Generally‚ both the adolescent and parent’s behavior can be explained using conflict principles. For example‚ Pruitt and Kim (2004) define the term conflict‚ as a “perceived divergence of interest‚” a conviction that the parties’ aspirations are conflicting. This case study involves a Latina adolescent coming out as bisexual to her traditional mother. Their conflict involves distinctive ways in which they engaged in the conflict in an attempt to resolve

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    amount of inmates being placed into prisons because of drug related charges. With the increased number of prisoners across the United States‚ the impact it has on the economy is very large. The abuse of drugs can be applied the sociological theory of conflict. Many reasons people begin to use drugs is because

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    actions‚ looks‚ smell‚ attitude and their overall appearance. A lot of the discrimination comes from race and ethnicity. There are three ways in which we can look at prejudice and discriminations regards to race and ethnicity; functionalism‚ conflict theory‚ and symbolic interactionism. Overall‚ which explains race and ethnicity better?  Functionalism explains prejudice and discrimination by putting people in groups by common interests. For example‚ at a boys summer camp they put them in cabins

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    The Tar Creek situation is a tragedy. I had never heard of Tar Creek but I had heard of the condemned area surrounding it. It was sad to hear about the maltreatment of Native Americans both before their relocation and after. I was angry to find out about the handicapping of children and the lack of effort to correct and prevent it. I was horrified to hear that not only was the town left to rot but it still has not been cleaned up and is spreading to areas like Grand Lake‚ where my own family has

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    How is Quinney ’s understanding of conflict‚ in his early work‚ different from that of SeIlin and Vold? In what way is it similar? Thorsten Sellin in his argument on Cultural Conflict Theory (Linden‚ p347) presented an analysis of the role of culture conflict in crime causation. Sellin posits that crime is caused by conflicts among norms. He suggests that criminologists should study crime not as violation of law but as violation of conduct norms (Linden‚ p347)‚ this conduct norms could be seen

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    at the theories of social change. There is no one way of looking at the effects of sociological change so I will be looking and explaining at two theories‚ namely the conflict theory by Karl Marx and Darendhoff and the second theory called the socio-psychological theory by theorists McClelland‚ Hagen and Weber. “Social change is the significant alteration of social structure and cultural patterns through time (Harper‚ 1993:04)”. Harper (1993:05) goes on to explain that Conflict theory The conflict

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