State and Federal Marijuana Legalization University of Ashford Soc. 331 Instructor Risa Garelick April 22‚ 2014 State and Federal Marijuana Legalization This paper will focus on the State and Federal marijuana legalization from three scenarios and analyze the retributive‚ commutative‚ and distributive justice of these three scenarios complex situations. First scenario will be a “recreational pot smoker‚ who lives in a state that recently legalized growing‚ possessing‚ selling‚ and distributing
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Gen/105 4/4/2014 Paper 1. Write a response of 200 to 300 words to explain how courses work at University of Phoenix. Use each of the following terms at least once in your explanation: At the University of Phoenix we use Threaded Discussions online to communicate with classmates and instructors through an online form. This way we can get messages to each other at all different times of the day. Electronic Forum is an online forum that is part of the online classroom. We can contact‚ start
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My American Culture According to Wikipedia.com “Cultural identity is the identity of a group or culture‚ or of an individual as far as he or she is influence by her belonging to a group or culture. Cultural identity remarks upon: place‚ gender‚ race‚ history‚ nationality‚ sexual orientation‚ religious beliefs and ethnicity. It is a social process in which individuals participate‚ in the context of changing historical conditions.” My culture is also described as my thoughts‚ values‚ beliefs‚ and
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of social order as a result of the loss of standards and values‚ normlessness How does Merton’s anomie/strain theory explain crime? * Argues that integrated societies maintain a balance between social structure (approved social means) and culture (approved goals). Argues that all members of society subscribe to one set of cultural values—that of the middle class. Know the five different adaptions to strain that Merton describes. * Conformity‚ innovation‚ ritualism‚ rebellion‚ and retreatism
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The “culture war” in American lives is more religious than political as many of us tend to think. What we see reflected in the contemporary voting patterns is simply a restructuring in American religion which has played an undeniable role in the politics of the nation. It has been‚ currently is‚ and almost certainly will be an important aspect of our politics. It is this religious obsession that has fueled our century-long “culture war.” Providing the context within which political beliefs and
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Hip Hop‚ types of consumption of media popular culture‚ rather than styles of resistance? One problem in analysing a type of youth culture is measuring the extent to witch it is a response to a culture deliberately manufactured for marketing and consumption of cultural products. I would say to some extent all subcultures consume part of popular culture‚ but it does vary from which culture a person is apart of‚ E.G you can look at the Goth type of culture and think it not to be very commercialised
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American Pop Culture Michelle Lilier University of Phoenix SOC/105 Robert Legaspi 29 January 2007 American Pop Culture American pop culture today is McDonald’s‚ Starbucks‚ finding a potential significant other on online dating sites‚ conversations via cell phones but with the use of fingers and not voice‚ the highly anticipated Super Bowl games and more interest in American Idol than politics. The given examples are just a few of today’s popular culture all too common to the average person
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How popular culture repeats itself No one can argue that many trends make a comeback over the years (styleflair.com). Popular culture recycles itself‚ and many old‚ and sometimes forgotten trends return to the present. Taking a look at the past trends can show us how they are prevalent in today’s popular culture. It is evident when one takes a look into the past that there are many repeats in fashion‚ music and fads. There is really no specific time frame that is followed when trends make their
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David Gill COM/105 Analyzing Written Essays • What are the four types of essay organization discussed in the course readings? What characteristics make these essays expository? The four types of essay organizations discussed in the course readings are topic‚ time order‚ space order and informative process. The characteristics that make these essays expository are a defined thesis in the introduction‚ evidence in each paragraph to support the thesis‚ information presented in a non-biased
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An artefact that plays a major part in my popular culture is the “Cochlear Implant”. A Cochlear implant is an electronic device that has been surgically implanted to help a person who is profoundly deaf‚ or severely hard of hearing to receive sound. These devices are made to replace the sensory hair cells in the cochlear of which have been damaged‚ the Cochlear Implant enables sufficient amount of hearing‚ allowing a better understanding of speech. However the quality of the sound is different from
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