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    Structural engineering plays a pivotal role towards the growth‚ development and progress of countries as the mass structures like multi-story buildings‚ bridges‚ thermal and nuclear power plants all involving structural engineering results in a strong economy of an advancing country. In some other engineering technologies‚ sometimes it is possible to use hit and trial methods as in geotechnical and hydraulics engineering where the as built conditions are not of such importance to effect the

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    ECN 211 Assignment 2 Structural and cyclical unemployment. Structural Unemployment. Unemployment resulting from changes in the basic composition of the economy. These changes simultaneously open new positions for trained workers. It arises when changes in technology or international competition change the skills needed to perform jobs or change the location of jobs. Structural unemployment usually lasts longer than frictional unemployment because workers must retrain and possibly relocate to find

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    1. Conflict/Functionalist Theories KARL MARX EMILE DURKHEIM 2. CONFLICT THEORY Begins with Marx and his analysis of historyThesis/antithesis = struggle (conflict)Synthesis = a new order is produced because of the struggle between the classesAll of history can be understood in this wayThree stages of history: feudalism‚ capitalism & socialism (it was an inevitable destination!) (Many call it communism) 3. Always a struggleThe materialist view of history = the most important determinant of social

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    Functionalism and Marxism are both known to be structural perspectives‚ due to the fact that they concentrate on a group of people rather than on the individual himself. Although very similar the two are different in very distinct ways‚ in fact Functionalism falls under the sub-heading of consensus structuralism‚ while Marxism falls under the sub-heading of conflict structuralism. As the sub-headings suggest they may be considered as opposites in various ways. The similarities and differences of

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    Laufer & Grekul‚ 2009‚ p.132). Gang members are setting criminal norms and values to its members‚ thus members are learning a criminal behavior‚ such as stealing‚ carrying a gun or using drugs. The members of street gangs are learning more definitions of actions favorable to violation of the law and this learning is passed down from generation to generation (Adler‚

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    There were definitely elements of structural funtionalism‚ conflict theory‚ and symbolic interactionalism present in this video. Structural functionalism was present in their everyday behavior. Their society is so stable in their own world because of how they work things out. They marry‚ grow beards and work for the rest of their lives for God

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    | |TITLE: | |          Air pollution effects on the structural‚ pharmacognostical and phytochemical traits of the barks and leaves of | |Azadirachta indica A. Juss and Dalbergia sissoo Roxb "  | |Subject

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    Access the contribution of functionalism to our understanding of the society The key concepts within functionalism are collective conscience‚ that all of society must have shared values and beliefs as it is crucial to achieve social order for the well being of society‚ they believe that this can be achieved through value consensus‚ that for society to live in consensus it must socialise its members into a set of norms and values to ensure society can work harmoniously and to meet it’s basic needs

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    Major Interventions According to Calapinto (1991) in the pursuance of structural change this model utilizes several interventions. Hence‚ the interventions used in this model include structural mapping‚ highlighting and modifying interactions‚ unbalancing‚ challenging unproductive assumptions‚ highlight interactions restructuring‚ boundary making and enactments. Although there are several interventions‚ for the purpose of this paper I will highlight a few of them. Joining Intervention Joining

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    the grandfather and the father and mother. The father and mother disapprove of the language he uses around their children. A structural-functionalist might question how the members of the family are performing their specified functions. They may look at each member’s values‚ beliefs‚ and social norms and see how they relate to one another. By doing this‚ a structural-functionalist will be able to identify why conflict or despair is occurring within a family unit. For example‚ if the mother’s belief

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