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    Youth Subculture

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    Subcultures are seen as groups which have traditionally occupied an underground or marginal status in society. Subculture can be identified as a set of cultural arrays of behaviour conceded by a segment of the population in one country. This paper seeks to answer the question of whether subculture is relevant to understanding the youth in contemporary British Society. It will look at two theoretical studies around the youth subculture and how they were perceived and their criticism. In an attempt

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    Subcultures in Britain

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    SUBCULTURES IN BRITAIN Иванов К.Л. Н. рук.: к.ф.н.‚ доц. Доборович А.Н. Subcultures In sociology‚ anthropology and cultural studies‚ a subculture is a group of people with a culture (whether distinct or hidden) which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong. As early as 1950‚ David Riesman distinguished between a majority‚ "which passively accepted commercially provided styles and meanings‚ and a ’subculture’ which actively sought a minority style

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    subcultures

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    The beginnings of subculture theory involved various theorists associated with what became known as the Chicago School. Subcultural theory emerged from the work of the Chicago School on gangs and developed through the symbolic interactionism school into a set of theories arguing that certain groups or subcultures in society have values and attitudes that are conducive to crime and violence. The work associated with Birmingham University’s Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) was most responsible

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    Punk Subculture

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    mechanized into living where they live. Concerned with the erosion of identify and distinct ways of life‚ large quantities of subculture emerged,especially in the late 1960s and 1970s. Bourdieu has already coined the term ‘cultural capital’ to explicate the cultural asserts available within society. As provided with unique habitus and subcultural production‚ diverse subcultures often distinct through different subcultural capitals. This essay will interpret the notion of ‘subcultural capital’ thoroughly

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    Origins of the Sicilian Mafia There have been multiple theoretical approaches to study the development and evolution of gangs and mafia organizations‚ Fiorentini (1997) and Bandiera (2005). Gambetta (1993) suggests that the mafia is an organization that provides private protection‚ under this idea‚ one would imagine that how much mafia activity happens in a place is directly dependent on the demand of private protection and the supply of it. Under this framework‚ it also follows that the need

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    Metalhead Subculture

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    are the youth subcultures‚ which your good children belong to. Nowadays the life of many young people is influenced by popular culture. The youth follow certain stereotypes that are imposed on them through TV‚ movies and music. In their lifestyle they try to imitate the images of their idols. Very often young people refuse to recognize the official culture. Instead‚ they become the supporters of the so called youth subculture. A youth subculture is a youth-based subculture with distinct

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    The American Mafia

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    American Mafia‚ commonly known as the Mafia‚ Italian Mafia‚ Italian Mob‚ or the Mob in the United States‚ is an Italian-American criminal society. Similar to the Sicilian Mafia‚ the Italian-American Mafia is a secret criminal society without a formal name. Its members usually refer to it as Cosa Nostra (Italian pronunciation: [kɔza nɔstra]‚ Italian for "our thing"). The press has also coined the name "National Crime Syndicate" to refer to the entirety of U.S. organized crime‚ including the Mafia. The

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    Russian Mafia

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    How Russian Mafia Influences Russian Economy Alena Nekrashevich Economics 201 Nicolas Pologeorgis NOVA College 1 December 2012 Table of Contents Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………….3 The Birth of the Russian Mafia…………………………………………………………….4 Protectionism………………………………………………………………………………4 Weapon Power of the Thieves in Law…………………………………………………….5 The Mafiosi Influence over Bureaucratic Power…………………………………………..5 A Threat to an Economic Safety…………………………………………………………

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    Italian Mafia

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    ITCS101 Research Paper The definition of Mafia is "a group of people of similar interests or backgrounds prominent in a particular field or enterprise" (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mafia). The Mafia began as "a secret criminal society of Sicily or Italy" and eventually there was a "similarly conceived criminal organization in the United States" (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mafia). There is no denying that the face of organized crime has changed throughout history. In

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    The Italian Mafia

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    up” (“Famous Mob Quotes.” 1). Despite public misconception of the Italian Mafia‚ it has not always been the murderous‚ cold-hearted killers known today. The Mafia actually began as a way of protection. When the government took advantage over the common people‚ the Mafia would take the law into their own hands. The organization simply became too big for its britches and was forced to expand. When social issues arose‚ the Mafia extended to America and became the sophisticated society seen today. Beginning

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