Gender Inequality in Southern Africa This semester we have studied Namibia and Botswana through different analytical lenses such as colonialism‚ gender‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ and religion. All of the information we studied was used to thoroughly understand the history of this country and all the events that happened that led to each country’s independence. Out of all the information we learned‚ gender is what interested me the most. For my final essay‚ I want to pursue the topic of gender‚ specifically
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Inequality in Education Inequality is an unequal rewards or opportunities for different individuals within a group or groups within a society. Education is recognised as major social institution. However‚ inequality in education is linked to major problems in society. In education a key factor that influences a child ’s performance at school is social class. By going through Marxist and Functionalist perspectives‚ explanations for such inequalities can be understood. Difference in social background
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Section I - Dimensions of Social Inequality Begin by identifying yourself on the dimensions commonly associated with social inequalities: social class (income‚ wealth‚ (current and intended) education level‚ occupational prestige (associated with current or planned career)‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ and gender. In addition‚ you might also identify yourself on dimensions associated with less traditional inequalities‚ such as national origin‚‚ sexual identity or preference‚ age‚ weight‚ able-bodiedness‚ and
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Globalization and Inequality Is there a link between globalization and global inequality? Some scholars avoid giving a definite answer to this question. As effects of globalization vary with countries’ population‚ geographical location‚ and history‚ “the causal link between globalization and global inequality is very difficult to make” (Milanovic 11). Many mainstream economists‚ however‚ argue that globalization is not the culprit for global wealth gap: the followings are brief summaries of three
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book “Savage Inequalities” by Jonathan Kozol‚ I was highly unaware of how poor and neglected some schools are in America. I thought that every school in America had a great educational system and educators‚ but clearly I was mistaken. I knew that every school in America was not equal; there were obviously some schools that were better than others. However‚ upon reading “Savage Inequalities” I discovered that it was far worse than I actually knew. The book exposed me to racism/inequality in the educational
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Savage Inequalities By Jonathan Kozol In 1964‚ the author‚ Jonathan Kozol‚ is a young man who works as a teacher. Like many others at the time‚ the grade school where he teaches is of inferior quality‚ segregated‚ understaffed‚ and in poor physical condition. Kozol loses his first job as a teacher because he introduces children to some African American poetry that subtly questions the conditions of blacks in America. Years later‚ after
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The problem of inequality in the Canadian labor force is defined through the examples of equal education standards that are often ignored in terms of immigrant labour. In this aspect of “equal labour-market return”‚ many immigrants coming into Canada are often educated in very highly level international academic institutions‚ yet they are not considered valid in terms of gaining employment in Canada. In this way‚ the Canadian immigration labor policies do not acknowledge these academic credentials
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Gender Inequality The world that we live in today easily is argued as being a better place for woman socially as well as in the labor force. Though it is easy to view the advancement of women in the work force at face value and understand it as progress‚ the idea of women still being view as subordinate‚ even in the 21st century‚ remains as part of our social ideology. In order to begin to remedy this truth we have to admit that this notion of women being viewed as ‘less valuable’ still remains;
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Economic Inequality Equality is a foreign concept to nature. Justice and morality do not apply when it comes to the genetic lottery. Is it still survival of the fittest if you’re luck limits your ability to succeed? We lack control over most the factors that pre-determine our fate and govern our lives. I will argue that economic inequality is perfectly just by defending the entitlement theory and distributive justice from the works of Robert Nozick and analyzing the works John Rawls and Michael
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There are many sociological explanations for female inequality in society. Inequality is where something/ someone is seen as not equal compared to something else. For example men have more opportunities than women in life‚ suggesting females suffer huge inequality in many factors of life. Firstly‚ Anne Oakley speaks about how women suffer inequalities in the work place. Oakley notes that after the industrial revolution in Britain acts were passed to limit women working; in 1851 one in four married
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