Essay The subject of sociology. Methods and techniques Performed by: Checked by: Contents Introduction 1. The subject of sociology 2. Methods and Techniques of Sociology 1.The Scientific or Experimental Method and techniques 2. The Historical Method and techniques: 3. The Comparative or Anthropological Method and techniques 4. Inverse Deductive Method and techniques 5. The Ideal Type Method and techniques 6. The Statistical Method and techniques 7. Sociometry and techniques 8. The Social Survey
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Title: Midterm Exam Started: November 1‚ 2011 7:16 PM Submitted: November 1‚ 2011 8:42 PM Time spent: 01:25:55 Total score: 95/100 = 95% Total score adjusted by 0.0 Maximum possible score: 100 1. Reasons List three benefits for studying social problems. Student Response: If we understand what causes social problems we can work to diminish their impact on society. Understanding social problems & social policies gives us power to make informed decisions. Score: 2/2
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Ethics of Consumerism Abstract: Consumerism is the economic philosophy that the increased consumption of goods and services by people above the commonly established level of basic needs is good for the society and economy. The question of ethics came into existence in this context because of the nature of the business interest groups to exploit the opportunity in the wake of increased consumer spending to their advantage irrespective of what would be the consequences over a longer period
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divisions; desire to build new institutions‚ fear of alien‚ desire to end abuses of power‚ efficiency‚ and desire to achieve perfection Society is responsible for individuals and should HELP them! Intellectuals offer new social views Thorstein Veblen - sharpest critic of new business order. Wrote The Theory of the Leisure Class in which he satirized the lifestyle of the newly rich captains of industry- “conspicuous consumption” argued they were selfish people who flaunted their wealth and didn’t
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Ancient‚ medieval and early modern * Hammurabi (died c. 1750 BCE) * Confucius (551-479 BCE) * Socrates (470-399 BCE) * Mozi (470-390 BCE) * Xenophon (427-355 BCE) * Plato (427-347 BCE) * Diogenes of Sinope (412-323 BCE) * Aeschines (389-314 BCE) * Aristotle (384-322 BCE) * Mencius (372-289 BCE) * Chanakya (350-283 BCE) * Xun Zi (310-237 BCE) * Thiruvalluvar (c. 200 BCE-c. 30 BCE) * Han Feizi (?-233 BCE) * Cicero (106-43 BCE) * Pliny the Younger (63-113 CE) * Saint
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Summary of The Whale and the Reactor by Langdon Winner (pp. ix-39‚ 99-200). Winner states implicitly that he wishes to add his book to a surprisingly short list of works that can be characterized as "philosophy of technology" (which includes Marx and Heidegger). His book will deal primarily with the political and social aspects of this philosophy‚ pertinent since as he notes the world is changing because of tech.‚ no longer comprised of national entities--a global economy‚ etc. In this context
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Until the mid 1800s‚ sociology was dominated by a group of scholars advocating conformity and content. No sociologist dare defy the powers that be; in fact‚ they embraced and encouraged it. Funtionalists presented elitist ideas that endorsed the government‚ no matter how flawed. Even symbolic interactionists‚ who acknowledged stratification‚ diagnosed it as the vital organ of society. Sociology‚ in itself‚ seemed to be nothing more than a set of ideas condemning equality and accepting stratification
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682. Quirino‚ J. (1983). Don Jose and the Early Philippine Cinema. Quezon City: Phoenix Publishing House‚ Inc. Reissman‚ L. (1970). The Urban Process: Cities in Industrial Societies. New York: The Free Press. Simmel‚ G. (1950). The stranger. In K.H. Wolff (Ed.)‚ The Sociology of Georg Simmel. New York : The Free Press. Spengler‚ O Wirth‚ L. (1938). Urbanism as a Way of Life. The American Journal of Sociology 44(1)‚ 1- 24. Zukin‚ S. (1987). Gentrification: Culture and Capital in the Urban Core. Annual
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The Fashion Business This page intentionally left blank The Fashion Business Theory‚ Practice‚ Image Edited by Nicola White and Ian Griffiths Oxford • New York First published in 2000 by Berg Editorial offices: 150 Cowley Road‚ Oxford OX4 1JJ‚ UK 838 Broadway‚ Third Floor‚ New York‚ NY 10003-4812‚ USA © Nicola White and Ian Griffiths 2000 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission
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The Great Gatsby and Socio-economic World of the 1920s in America The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is not just a novel; rather it is the representation of an era. The story is about the moral decay that arouses in the American society in 1920s. It also shows the picture of the American dream getting corrupted by lust‚ greed and empty pursuit of pleasure. In other words it was the collision of subcultures. The wealthy and elite class found pleasure by throwing decadent parties and playing
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