Poverty is a major problem in the United States today. Social‚ economical‚ political‚ and cultural factors all contribute to poverty. Education and economic development are two major issues that will help prevent poverty. The United States Census Bureau defines poverty as an "economic condition in which people lack sufficient income to obtain basic needs for food‚ housing‚ clothing‚ health services and education." In other words‚ poverty is powerlessness‚ a lack of representation and freedom. Poverty
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occupation education etc. Whereby social equality is when all members of a society attain equal treatment‚ opportunity and access to resources. Equal opportunity also known as meritocracy has evolved over the years. This has been done in such a way that everyone can now benefit from it. One main factor that has promoted this meritocracy is education and it has been affected by factors such as the change in industry‚ socialization‚ religion‚ laws etc. This paper strives to discuss three of these factors
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The authors expose the myth of American meritocracy by informing us of all the ways that we maybe never paid attention to‚ such as how many black leaders there are in the sports arena’s such as coaches. They also expose the racial realist to the point that everything is not race based. Racial hierarchies are shown in ways that show us that American meritocracy is a myth by where blacks live. If blacks live in white neighborhoods how some would feel uncomfortable‚ or would even move out of the
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assumption of basic needs and go to explain how different parts of society help to meet those needs. Marxists‚ on the other hand‚ see society as resting upon an economic base or infrastructure‚ with a superstructure above it. They see society as divided into social classes which have the potential to be in conflict with each other. However‚ the main differences between functionalist and Marxist perspectives then‚ is the way they characterize the social structure. Functionalists stress the extent
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Leadership lessons from the Great Rail Yatra: Indian Railways In 2006‚ when the then Railway Minister rose to address the parliament with the rail budget‚ he said “Mr. Speaker Sir‚ I rise to present the Budget Estimates 2006-07 for the Indian Railways at a point in time when‚ there has been a historical turnaround in the financial situation of the Indian Railways.” The sheer size and scale of the Indian railways in terms of the volume of passengers and freight it carries to the number of trains
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Plato and Aristotle’s Forms of Government Throughout history‚ the idea of government has always been altered‚ discussed‚ and argued due to the many variation philosophers have created. Plato‚ a well- known philosopher is known for his book The Republic in which he discusses politics and the way society should run in order to achieve a just society. Plato was born into a aristocratic and dominant family. He lived from 428 B.C to 48 B.C. (Dale 22). Throughout his life‚ Plato never ceased to expand
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of idealism and realism and the transformative theory of Marxists. Intro: Critically discuss the similarities and the difference of conservative theories and transformative or critical theories. These theories entail idealism‚ realism in contrast liberalism and Marxism. 5 Main assumptions to draw a concluding contrats between a Marxist transformative theory and theories of idealism and realism” Assumption 1 Firstly‚ like Realism‚ Marxist transformative theory assumes that the structure of the
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Affirmative action ultimately fails in its attempt to address the social imbalance caused by past discrimination because it only treats the symptoms rather than the cause. Do you agree? A growing number of equality programs‚ also known as affirmative action‚ which include quotas‚ minority scholarships and job opportunities based on diversity‚ have been proposed by governments throughout the world‚ as measures to diminish the inherited discrimination towards different groups of our society. But what
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The opponents of functionalist theory‚ the revisionists‚ argue that functionalism reflects the views of the powerful‚ the education system tends to work for them‚ and there is nothing to be criticized. For decades‚ American educational system has been pictured having the public school system as the institution responsible for the democratization of American society. However‚ there is a misunderstanding of equality‚ which has been greatly highlighted in public education. Colin Greer in his study “Great
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A social identity is an element of a person’s self-concept‚ which is a derivative of a supposed membership in a certain significant social group. The social identity theory‚ as at first put together by John Turner and Henri Tajfel in the 70s and 80s‚ was able to introduce the idea of a social identity as a means in which to give an explanation about inter-group behavior (Kolak & Martin‚ 1991). The social identity theory can best be described as a speculation‚ which is able to predict specific inter-group
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