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    Sociology of Sport

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    Many in the community are not aware that the class of Sociology of Sport is offered in the school. Many who do recognize that the class is being offered in the school may also question the value and academic merit of such a course. What people don’t see is that the world of sports is closely linked to the social world. Social attitudes are reflected in the world of sports. These attitudes can be seen in different ways such as the social atmosphere affecting sports‚ the ways in which we define sports

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    introduction to sociology

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    YORK UNIVERSITY - Department of Equity Studies - COURSE SYLLABUS AP/HREQ 1040 6.00A – Power and Society: Critical Issues in Social Science Term: Y - 2014-2015 Instructor: Dr. Claudio Colaguori e-mail: claudioc@yorku.ca office: 328 Atkinson Bldg. Lecture Location and Time: 135 Vanier College – Thursday afternoons from 2:30 to 4:30 pm (plus tutorial before or after class) – Our course runs from September 11‚ 2014 to April 2‚ 2015 inclusive. Tutorial Times and Locations: Tutorial

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    Sociology of Family

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    The Sociology of Family and Households Key terms and words: Roles - an initial definition of a role is that it represents the way that someone is expected to behave in a particular social situation. Roles‚ therefore‚ are the parts that we play in our relationships with others and this idea is similar to that of an actor playing a part in a play. Conjugal roles - the tasks typically taken up by husband and wife in the household. Primary socialisation - a primary relationship is one in

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    Sociology - Homelessness

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    ASSIGNMENT SOCIOLOGY EXERCISE 1 PAGE 50 The operational definition concretises the four housing situations of the working definition. In order to define homelessness in an operational way‚ we identified three domains which constitute a home‚ the absence of which can be taken to delineate homelessness. Having a home can be understood as: having an adequate dwelling (or space) over which a person and his/her family can exercise exclusive possession (physical domain); being able to maintain privacy

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    Sociology and Perspective

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    Sociology-Family Page 1. Family A family is “a set of people related by blood‚ marriage or some other agreed-upon relationship‚ or adoption‚ who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society.” (Schaefer‚ 2009) A family is considered a social institution. This social institution is one that can be applied to all three sociological theories which are functionalism‚ conflict‚ and interactionism. The first sociological theory is functionalism. A functionalism

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    Marxism (Sociology)

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    AQA AS/A SOCIOLOGY ESSAY: CRITICALLY EXAMINE MARXIST PERSPECTIVES ON TODAY’S SOCIETY Classical Marxism is a conflict structural theory which argues that‚ rather than society being based on value consensus as functionalists would contend‚ there is a conflict of interest between different groups (social classes) because of the unequal distribution of power and wealth. Marxists are also interested in the way in which social change can occur‚ particularly in sudden and revolutionary ways. However‚ there

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    Sociology of Consumption

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    Sociology of Consumption The main theme of the Twentieth Century’s advertising is gender role. Human body and sexuality is used in advertising to sell all kind of products. Gender role is an ideology that is used as a concept in advertising to attract the attention from audience because it gives clear direction to people. The idea that thin is everywhere‚ and is hardly escapable from the advertising industry. We live in a world of stick thin models and emaciated celebrities. Magazines cover advertise

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    Sociology and Nell

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    References: Haaland‚ B.‚ & Schaefer‚ R. (Ed.). (2009). Sociology: a brief introduction. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson. nell

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    Culture and Sociology

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    traditions‚ but in today’s day in age there has been a lot of diffusion. We all in one way or another pertain to some kind of culture and through modern society there has been a tremendous increase of culture diffusion. Richard T. Schaefer‚ author of Sociology‚ A Brief Introduction includes a chapter on what culture is and the different aspects that affect our society as a whole. He defines culture as “the totality of learned‚ socially transmitted customs‚ knowledge‚ material objects and behavior” (Schaefer

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    Sociology and Disabilities

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    "If the technology became available for the deaf to hear completely‚ would you want your deaf child to have this technology?" It is every parent ’s dream for their child to grow up healthy and happy. There are so many children in the world that do not have the ability to hear‚ and it is a horrible thing. Many would think it wrong for a parent to not want to give their child the gift of sight. If I had a child that was deaf‚ I would do everything in my power to help them get their hearing. If

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