and the numbers are continuing to grow (Macionis‚ 2006). The statistics of child poverty in the United States are heartbreaking. There are five million poor children under the age of six years old in this country (Korbin‚ 1992). It has been estimated that over 17 percent of children‚ adolescents‚ and teenagers in the United States are poor. Studies have also shown that 36 percent of the impoverished people in the United States are children (Macionis‚ 2006).
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Before critically discussing Lareau’s Unequal childhood’s paper‚ it is important to briefly mention a few conceptual terms in order to get the gist of what Lareau was trying to convey to her readers. First‚ according to Macionis (2004) the term family is defined as a social institution found in all societies that unite people in cooperative groups to oversee the bearing and raising of children. Same author also discusses several theoretical approaches have been identified that identifies the family
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Individual identity could be described‚ as basically what any given individual perceives of them self. This perception covers everything; from personal attributes to where one stands in broader connotations such as the workplace or political groups. In sociology and psychology it is also known as self-concept (Beyers & Goossens‚ 2008). As much as this identity or self-concept consists of many things‚ it is formed and shaped by many differing things in our life. It can be broken down and examined
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Are we limited in knowledge‚ in imagination‚ and in understanding by the culture we grow up in? In other words‚ are we ethnocentric‚ and if so is it a bad thing? To answer that‚ one must understand what ethnocentrism is. According to Macionis (2004)‚ ethnocentrism is "the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture". We are not born with culture; culture is a socially learned behavior‚ or set of values that a given groups holds as a norm and are considered to be
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Race Anjuli Rivera ETH/125 Laurel Stanley December 7‚ 2012 Historical Report on Race Throughout history African Americans have been treated unfairly. African Americans were made slaves when first arriving with the first European settlers (Macionis 2012). The African slaves that were brought against their will to America were traded with little regard to whether or not he/she had family. Some families who were brought into slavery were separated to ensure obedience by his/her owner. African
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Modernization Theory According to Macionis (2010)‚ the definition of modernization theory “is a model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of technological and cultural differences between nations”. Modernization theory is a description‚ explanation‚ and account of the way of traditional and under established or underdeveloped societies‚ compared to more modern societies. Modernization is one of the most important perspectives in development and
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CA: Wadsworth‚ Cengage Learning‚ 2011. Haralambos‚ Michael‚ and Martin Holborn. Sociology: Themes and Perspectives‚ Seventh Edition. London: HarperCollins‚ 2008. Henslin‚ James M. Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach. Boston MA: Allyn & Bacon‚ 2012. Macionis‚ John. Sociology‚ Seventh Edition. New York: Prentice Hall‚ 2003. Mustapha‚ Nasser. Sociology: For Caribbean Students. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers‚ 2007.
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Moe’s restaurant located one block from my home and where I used to work. The main focus of my study is to compare the norms of the employees when the manager is there and when he is gone. As defined in Sociology: A Brief Introduction‚ by John J Macionis‚ a norm is “an established standard of behavior maintained by a society”. How does the employees’ behavior change when the manager is there watching them compared to when she leaves someone else in charge while she is gone. Although the norms of
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a pizza restaurant chain based in the United States. The chain currently has about 500 stores globally‚ and about 60 in the United States. History Shakey’s Pizza was founded in Sacramento‚ California‚ on April 30‚ 1954‚ by Sherwood "Shakey" Johnson and Ed Plummer. Johnson’s nickname resulted from nerve damage following a bout of malaria suffered during World War II. The parlor opened on the first weekend‚ but since the pizza ovens were not yet completed‚ only beer was served and Shakey took the profits from
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PARAGRAPH 1 (Definitions& Context) Social structure refers to the framework that surrounds us‚ consisting of the relationships of people and groups‚ which gives direction to and sets limits on behaviour. (Sociology‚ A Down to Earth Approach SDEA) K Plummer defines social structures as the patterns of predictable human actions that cluster around key problems in living and they vary in all societies. Social structure is all around us and is what helps to dictate our behaviour and keep our life in order
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