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    During the 1970’s-1990’s the increase in the rate of unemployment in Australia can be explained through the combination of increasing real wage rates and a slow rate of output growth. The reason behind such prolonged periods of high unemployment was due to our inability to reverse the effects of the sudden unemployment rate shocks fast enough (prolonged recovery periods) which resulted in Australia experiencing high levels of long-term unemployment. In May 1997‚ 30% of unemployed Australians had been

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    Factors Causing Unemployment Even with a booming economy‚ there are still some countries experiencing the imminent problem of unemployment. This paper analyzes the major factors affecting the high unemployment rate in the Philippines. The country has showed some positive progress on their economy; however‚ its unemployment rate still ranks highest among its neighboring Southeast Asian countries. Unemployment affects so many aspects of the economy‚ so knowing the root causes of unemployment will help the

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    Typically‚ an eating disorder can be defined as the act of starving one’s self in order to attain the image of being thin. This process occurs in unhealthy ways such as not eating or making oneself throw up after eating (Disordered Eating 2011). Most people might consider an eating disorder to be an individual problem‚ meaning that a person may have been triggered by an internal source rather than and external source. However‚ that is not necessarily the case. People generally relate thinness and

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    The conflict perspective views society less as a cohesive system and more as an arena of conflict and power struggles. Compare and contrast the main tenets of the functionalist and conflict perspectives. “The conflict perspective views society less as a cohesive system and more as an arena of conflict and power struggles”. This perspective was founded by sociologist Karl Marx (1818-1883) and serves to introduce the concept that “inequality and specifically inequality under capitalism” exists

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    In Sociology there are three different perspectives on the Environment. The Structural Functionalist perspective‚ Conflict Theory‚ and the Symbolic Interactionism‚ each theory being very different than each other. Each perspective representing different opinions of major sociologists. Structural Functionalism focuses on how changes on one aspect of the social system could affect the other aspects of society. Functionalist believe that by 2020‚ about 50 million people globally will become environmental

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    Essay Topic: Unemployment in India: Causes‚ Effects and Solutions Unemployment refers to the the state of being unemployed or not having a job i.e. joblessness. A person is said to be unemployed if he or she is looking for work or is willing to work at the prevailing wage but is unable to find the job. Our country is set to be progressing by leaps and bounds in the matter of economy but this progress is low sided that the net results is the sharp increase in the number of unemployed. Population

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    BLAMED? UNEMPLOYMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE GRADUATES IN MALAYSIA By Norshima Zainal Shah Dublin City University‚ Ireland ABSTRACT The primary aim of this paper is to identify future help which can contribute towards reducing the unemployment rate of graduates in Malaysia‚ especially those with Computer Science Degrees. It does so by gaining initial insights into this problem through two groups: graduates and employers. The data draws on why graduates are unemployed from their own perspective as well

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    The Sociological perspective on basketball In sociology‚ there are 3 paradigms. There is the conflict theory perspective‚ the symbolic-interaction perspective and the structural-functionalist perspective. From a conflict paradigm point of view‚ the essay would focus on gender and how the assumption that girls lack the same level of strength and stamina as men. The WNBA (Women National Basketball League) doesn’t get the same amount of respect as the males do in the NBA (National Basketball League)

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    Unemployment Rates in the United States According to the most recent report put out by the United States Department of Labor‚ in the month of February‚ 49 states saw a decrease in nonfarm employment while Louisiana was the only one where they had seen an increase in nonfarm employment. California had a decrease in jobs since January by 116‚000 with Florida in second with 49‚500 jobs lost. While Alaska seen the smallest decease in unemployment by just 100. And again Louisiana is the only state

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    Alabama‚ to restrain appellants‚ the Attorney General and the Unemployment Compensation Commission of Alabama‚ from collecting the money contributions exacted of them by the provisions of the Alabama Unemployment Compensation Act. 4. From the decrees of the district court‚ three judges‚ granting the relief prayed‚ the case comes here on appeal. 5. The Unemployment Compensation Act sets up a comprehensive scheme for providing unemployment benefits for workers employed within the state by employers

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