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    SAMAD G. RAATIB CJL 5069 CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY WEEK 11 EVEREST UNIVERSITY Week 11 Individual Work Question: Affirmative action was designed to reduce discrimination and issues guidelines to businesses‚ government department’s schools and other types of companies that are designed to encourage diversity and reduce discrimination based on ethnic backgrounds and skin color. This policy was originally a method used to counteract the impact that racial discrimination has

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    Social Role Theory

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    Social Role Theory And How It Relates To Women Athleticism The conflict and feminists believe that stereotyping athletes will increase misrepresentation of social realty. Stereotypes are unreliable generalizations about all members of a group that do not recognize individual differences within the group (Schaefer‚ 2006).An example of this is how many women are portrayed as baseball greats‚ even though women and young girls play baseball. Baseball is considered a “man’s sport.” These generalizations

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    Understanding different theories related to social work is something that all social workers working in the field must do‚ if they are going to be effective at assisting their clients with meeting needs. Understanding theories is an organized way of understanding events and behaviors and situations that are often resented by those served‚ and while no client or situation is the same understanding these theories is a great way to ensure that you as the practitioner possess the tools necessary to do

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    Social Identity Theory We all are deeply influenced by the society that we are surrounded by and the social relationships that follow it which makes us all unique individuals. We all respond differently to life’s circumstances far different from others. This is image of our personal identity that allows us to encounter our life experiences in a way that is different from others. It allows to all having different views of the world and this play a big role in social identity theory. Social Identity

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    Lewis Henry Morgan (November 21‚ 1818 – December 17‚ 1881) was a pioneering American anthropologist and social theorist who worked as a railroad lawyer. He is best known for his work on kinship and social structure‚ his theories of social evolution‚ and his ethnography of the Iroquois. Interested in what holds societies together‚ he proposed the concept that the earliest human domestic institution was the matrilineal clan‚ not the patriarchal family; the idea was accepted by most pre-historians and

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    In order to begin to understand and analyze Dr. Peffer’s Theory of Social Justice‚ we want to first look at the five main principles. These principles are a Modified look at John Rawls’s “Two Principles” of Social Justice (1971). These five modified principles include The Basic Rights Principle‚ The Maximum Equal Basic Liberties Principle‚ The Fair Equality of Opportunity Principle‚ The Modified Difference Principle‚ The Social and Economic Democracy Principle. First of all‚ The Basic Rights Principle

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    Social Learning Theory Social learning theory suggests that personality is determined by the environment and also the experiences a person has as they grow up and mature. People behave or respond to situations how they have learnt to behave or observed others doing so. And it can constantly change due to the people we are around and socialize with. Our personality also changes due to the changes id social situations. It is unlikely that an individual will behave in the same way in different situations

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    “Labeling theory is the theory of how your identity and behavior is influenced by the terms (labels) you use to describe or classify yourself” (Theworldcounts.com). However‚ our book states that labeling theory is also called social reaction theory. Throughout society and throughout our lives‚ we are often given labels to our identity due to our attitudes or behaviors. Some of those labels can be negative and have negative consequences later in life and sometimes they can be good‚ and likewise have

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    Theory Of Social Justice

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    Ideas of social justice are both changeable and contestable. These ideas differ between individuals and societies. The term social justice is ambiguous but can briefly be summed up as - social justice involves having the capabilities to voice feelings and opinions but also for these to be heard. To do so‚ there has to be an active participation within society in order to shape it. In short‚ social justice focuses on the individual and their values and beliefs. Social harm refers to the harm

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    Social Bond Theory

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    introduced social bond theory during the late 1900’s as a means to explain one’s resistance to crime (Lilly‚ Cullen & Bell‚ 2015). Hirschi (1969) claimed that the potential benefits of committing crime equally motivated most individuals‚ therefore‚ the primary concern was how individuals resist such temptations (Lilly et al.‚ 2015) The answer‚ involves the social control exerted upon an individual through social bonds that keep them from committing crime (Lilly et al.‚ 2015). When social ties are weak

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