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    To begin with‚ we are now in the year 2325‚ my colleagues and I are prominent archaeologists and we were summoned to a site where we dug up a time capsule that contains items from the 1960s. The 1960s was a period when qualities and standards of conduct appeared to break down‚ especially among the youthful population. The state of affairs in the urban communities was even worse in the ’60s than the earlier decade. As whites continue to migrate from the urban communities‚ the poor city conditions

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    Middle East for more than a decade‚ all are changes that we faced and are still facing due to the violent mastermind of Osama Bin Laden. That Tuesday morning‚ which started off like any other day‚ leaves us with many lingering questions‚ many children who at that time were children and are now young adults‚ some without one are both parents‚ a day that stripped Americans of their sense of safety and security. Everyone whom I’ve come across since this tragic day has a story to tell‚ a vivid memory

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    Since 1990‚ there has been a declining trend in birth rates and family size. The birth rate refers to the number of live births per 1000 of the population per year. There have been incidents of ’baby booms’ during the 20th century‚ where the birth rate has suddenly increased. These include after both world wars and during the 1960s. However‚ overall the birth rate has been decreasing. There are a number of social factors responsible for these changes. Firstly‚ the changing position of women in society

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    The world has been undergoing great changes in different spheres of life just in the past several decades. One of the most amazing and quick changes seems to be happening within the institution of the family. I have a special interest in this topic‚ as soon as I witness the radical change going on literally before my eyes: my home country‚ which was a country with traditional society‚ after the collapse of the Soviet Union went and is still going through the process of transformation‚ which introduces

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    What Is a Family? Stephannie Jennings Marriage and Family Professor Dawn McNeal April 8‚2013 What Is a Family? The Definition of Family What is a family? According to information that I read in the course textbook entitled Public and Private Families‚ it states that the growing diversity of families and the widespread ambivalence about them raise the question of how we should even define a family. Some observers claim that families are so diverse that the concept of the family may not

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    An Important Life Change

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    courageous; I tend to avoid intense situations whenever I can‚ but I have the capacity to stand up for a greater good and not only to defend my moral view of what is right‚ but to save a person in need. At the time when I was visiting my family in Tucson‚ Arizona‚ the situation that forced me to stand up began near my uncle’s ranch. This ranch isn’t enormous in size‚ it wasn’t excellent nor poor it was fair. I had been taught how to ride juvenile horses before‚ I wasn’t very good‚ but mediocre

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    Examine the reasons for changes in the divorce rate since 1969 (24 MARKS) An easy solution or a sweet escape‚ the trend continues to increase and has reached its peak point . It is proven 50 out of 100 people will retrieve this or go through this procedure ‚divorce . This the legal ending to a marriage and has become more popular than marriage it self since 1969 . There are a variety of reasons people continue to get divorced ‚ The most popular of these are the change in the law ‚ secularisation

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    What is the relationship between social change and changes in space and time? Illustrate with examples drawn from at least two of : changes in cities‚ changes in media‚ changes in intimacy. In looking at the relationship between social change and changes in space and time. We first require understanding of what social change is. Sociologists from every school of thought agree that social change is inevitable within our society. Social change is a highly diverse debate that has been analysed by theorist’s

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    Australia faced many major changes in the religious patters since 1945 to the present day; the reasons of these changes dependent on Christianity as the major religious tradition‚ Immigration and Secularism. Christianity as the major religious tradition: which means that Christianity is still the major religion in Australia since 1945‚ although that Christianity underwent many changes in its branches‚ some of churches has been raisin such as Catholic 25.3%‚ others has been decreases such as Anglican(

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    show women are inferior to men were being abolished to create a more equal society. Employment‚ politics and social change were factors that have been altered. Without these changes‚ Australia would still be a sex – segregated society with justified ideas that a women’s place is in the home. Prior to 1945‚ women’s rights were limited in areas of employment‚ politics and social change. Women were expected to be housewives who were not entitled to the same wage as men because society had an enshrined

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