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    Gunnar Saetr

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    from work. Gunnerside‚ like many villages in Upper Swaledale‚ is of Norse origin and supposedly takes its name from a Viking warrior who settled in the valley at the beginning of the eleventh century. The name means ‘Gunnars saetr’ - a summer pasture‚ or shieling‚ belonging to Gunnar. The village has a working smithy‚ founded in 1795. Today it also serves as a museum and a collection of artefacts amassed over the years is on display‚ all of which were made at the smithy. Stephen Calvert‚ who runs

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    Crazy Dream Screenplay

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    Crazy Dream Screenplay SCENE 1 FADE IN: INT. DARK ROOM – NIGHT In the middle of the dark table a crystal ball shines. As the camera focuses now the MAGICIAN‚ magical sounds or Arab music sounds in the background. MAGICIAN Welcome to the only place on earth were your wish may come true The magical and mysterious face of the magician is shown and aluminium sparks spread out for 5 seconds from the magician’s hands. The magician is wearing a purple robe. The camera’s attention goes to “THE DREAMER”

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    state‚ power‚ and social classes and the purpose of the state. The liberal democratic form stands on the foundation of democracy. The liberal critique of the Indian state can be read in the writings of Rajni Kothari‚ Atul Kohli‚ The Rudolphs‚ Gunnar Myrdal. The state is associated with modernity. The idea of nation is also linked with the state and is encompassed within it. The liberal movement did not develop in India‚ as in Europe‚ in response to the challenge of aggression of king but after

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    The Race Beat Summary

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    legislation of 1964 and 1965 (that’s the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act for those keeping score at home). The book begins with a summary of the work of now infamous sociologist Gunnar Myrdal‚ a Swede studying race in the South for the Carnegie Foundation in 1940s. In An America Dilemma‚ which was effectively

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    dishonest and extravagant.” written by W.E.B. Dubois (Dubois‚1935). This line is just one of the things that was said about and to the blacks after they were freed from slavery. Dubois was not the only one to write about the treatment of blacks. Gunnar Myrdal wrote about the blacks treatment‚ while Richard Wright told his story and how he was treated. The treatment of blacks foreshadows a long list of works to be written. Dubois wrote The Propaganda of History to show others how the blacks were treated

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    It’s the theory developed by Oscar Lewis (an anthropologist) in 1959. Lewis developed his theory from his experience of Mexico. The culture of poverty is a specific syndrome that grows up in some situations. It requires an economic setting of cash economy‚ a high rate of unemployment and under employment‚ low wages and people with low skills. In the absence of voluntary or state support and stable family‚ the low-income population tends to develop the culture of poverty against the dominant ideology

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    instability or unrest. Niebuhr claims that the issue of racism derives from the intrinsic human qualities of pride‚ stubbornness‚ and power (Niebuhr 29A). Arguments to back any claim that racism is economically rooted is refuted and Niebuhr insists that Gunnar Myrdal‚ who wrote An American Dilemma‚ which claims that the rising economic gap between socioeconomic factions augments the racial friction between them (Niebuhr 29A). Niebhur goes on to counter this by stating that our current ability to coexistence

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    Lear refers to the period after the civil war as a period of regeneration. For him‚ this was a period of rebirth where the private desires met the public policies signifying a period of critical transformation. Protestantism in Christianity characterized this period and formed a basis through which the American culture was forged. As such‚ the American nation has grown towards promoting what Lear refers to as protestant morality that promotes prohibition‚ progressive reform and what many term as

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    Annotated Bibliography

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    Chapters/Topics Chapter 1: Developing a Sociological Consciousness Study all terms What are sociology and the sociological imagination? Who coined these terms? Sociology: Scientific study of social interactions and social organization Sociological Imagination: the ability to see how our private experiences & difficulties are reflective of the structural arrangements of the society & time you live in Coined by C. Wright Mills Is sociology a science? What type of science? Yes‚ sociology

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    week7 eth125

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    Week 7 Each question is worth 2 points = 50 points total. 1. Gunnar Myrdal‚ in An American Dilemma (1944)‚ observed that an experience parallel to that of __________ was found among __________. a. Black Americans; women b. Hispanic Americans; women c. Black Americans; first generation immigrants d. Black Americans; Hispanic Americans 2. The ideology that one sex is superior to the other is called a. sexism. b. androgyny. c. sex stratification. d. gender identity. 3. The

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