1. Do you believe the United States is becoming more secularized or more fundamentalist? Comparing your generation to that of your parents or grandparents‚ what differences do you see in the relationship between religion and society? What would popular media have you believe is the state of religion in the United States today? In the United States today I see more megachurches than smaller‚ intimate churches that were common when I was growing up. I do not see this as a bad thing‚ due to people
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"Culturally‚ we are becoming more similar across the globe" Introduction Apart from complicated definitions of the term "globalization"‚ the matter requires focusing on a simple explanation of this concept. Indeed‚ globalization is recognized as an ongoing process that accompanies with it‚ noticeably‚ certain challenges‚ such as a wide range of integrated communities‚ regional economics‚ and cultures‚ through a wide range of communication and trading. However‚ still the argument
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Is My Generation Becoming More Rude and Self-centered? You’re watching a movie with your friends and all of a sudden someone’s phone rings and they answer it! How rude is that? Many people make decisions without consideration. What happened with the basics of please and thank you? Our generation today is becoming rude and self-centered more and more every day because of our parents‚ technology and civil rights. There is a major difference between a choice and a reason therefore whichever
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norms the system wants us to incorporate. On the darker side‚ it teaches us how we are divided among our peers‚ how we separate and categorize each other - sometimes for the worse. Even though those things aren’t in the curriculum‚ we may learn them more than the lessons that are in the curriculum. Looking at education in the US from a social-conflict point of view‚ education is distributed very unequally among the social classes. Yes‚ all children in the United States have access to free education
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Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid” by Jonathan Kozol—present two opposite views on the inequality in public schools. On the one hand‚ Tatum focuses on African- American racial identity development and the role of race in classrooms with
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Is the PM becoming presidential? Intro Foley thesis from ‘The British Presidency’ (2000) Emphasises dominance of PM over cabinet Must distinguish between style and substance For Spatial leadership * Thatchers ‘Thatcherism’ * Blairs ‘Third Way’ * Similar to Bush’s ‘Compassionate Republican’ * “Ideological consciences of their party” - Heywood Populist outreach * PM’s claim to “articulate deepest hopes and fears” – Heywood * Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ * Obamas ‘Yes
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Men‚ Women‚ and Unequal Pay For many years‚ women have been treated unfairly in the workplace; whether it is through a form of discrimination‚ harassment‚ or unequal pay. Women who are in the same position are paid less than their male counterparts. This is a major issue in the business world but it is also a problem in sports and the medical field. This problem is known as a gender gap‚ any difference between the characteristics of men and women in areas such as educational accomplishment‚ wage
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Why are People Unequal in Society? According to Philosopher’s of the time of enlightenment the nature of society created inequality. These philosophers also believed that it was the job of the government to limit inequality and try to create conformity. Now we are able to see that inequality emerges with each and every interaction. This is because every individual possesses qualities which may be better or worse than another’s. These qualities include things such as intelligence‚ athletic ability
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violence‚ but that is not always so. For example‚ Switzerland has more per capita firearms than any other country in the world has lower murder and robbery rates than England‚ where guns are essentially banned. This is stating that Switzerland with more guns has less crime and that England with less guns has more crime. It all goes back to its not the weapon or gun that commits the crime! Gun Control only takes guns away from people that are law abiding citizens. It doesn’t stop criminals from
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The Portuguese empire‚ like most royal projects‚ was unequal and cruel. Former colonies inherited economies intended to benefit Portugal‚ also helping to develop realization that in the end all humans inhabit a single planetary home‚ especially if not kept healthy and maintainable. The dried cod became a vital economic product and main of the Portuguese intake. The Portuguese found Muslim merchants entrenched along the African coast. The Slave Coast‚ as the Bight of Benin‚ was searched by the Portuguese
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