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    Home"). Robert Moses is the source of this independent‚ less regulatable‚ government extension. When Robert Moses drafted bills to create public authorities to support his public works

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    What lessons might the UK learn from American attempts to prevent crime and reduce ‘disorder’ in public space through new policing powers and methods? On the 4th August 2011 Mark Dugan was shot dead in Tottenham‚ after raising a weapon to a local police officer. This triggered riots starting in London and then quickly travelling to other cities around the country‚ this was described by the newspapers as ‘copycat behaviour’ (Pilkington 2011). A protest began to take place just 2 days after the

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    situations. Therefore‚ in the book “Think Like a Freak”‚ S. Levitt and S.Dubner taught readers a lot of specific ways to solve the problem. According to the authors “Think Like a Freak”: “Understanding the incentives of all the players in a given scenario is a fundamental step in solving any problem”. Sometimes‚ the incentives don’t really work well. However‚ there are three situation that show different types of incentives‚ which is herd-mentality‚ moral‚ and social‚ work well and encourage people to do something

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    Assess the sociological explanation that childhood is a social construction. Childhood is the time of a person’s life when they are a child. Childhood is said to be socially constructed‚ meaning that it has not been influenced by nature but has been shaped by the quality of family life and the culture within society. The social construction of childhood points out that childhood is dependent on a number of social factors rather than a biological stage. Sociologists argue about what the term ‘childhood’

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    thought of by many people as simply being either “male” or “female”‚ refers to the social statuses and cultural attributes associated with being male or female (Soc 1001 Lecture 24‚ Social Construction of Sexuality) and not strictly the different biological distinction. “Sex” is the biological distinction which includes physical differences in the process of reproduction (Soc 1001 Lecture 22‚ The Social Construction of Gender). Gender is a process that starts even before a child is born and is constantly

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    Freak Boy is a daring story about transgender teen trying to be accepted in this world and trying to find out who he is. Lies My Girlfriend Told Me is not one of my favorite stories‚ but is certainly one of the most memorable. The plot follows a young lesbian who finds herself dating the most sought after girl in the school. These stories were the first LGBTQ+ books I’d ever read and they led me to love stories like them. Freak Boy also sheds light on some of the

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    Freaks & Geeks “The Diary” Privacy is something that we all deserve. In the tenth episode of Freaks & Geeks‚ “The Diary”‚ Lindsay’s parents are convinced that Kim is leading Lindsay in the wrong direction. Since Kim’s mom told them that she reads Kim’s diary to figure out what her daughter does and the idea gets in their head. In a very abstract way‚ they agree and read her diary. There they figure out what Lindsay thinks about them. My dad always told me‚ “You don’t understand because you don’t

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    In Carole Vance’s “Social Construction Theory: Problems in the History of Sexuality‚” some gay rights activist may find the social construction approach to sexuality problematic. One of Vance’s critiques of social construction is that it implies a gay or lesbian sexuality is unreal. To illustrate this‚ If I told my gay friends that their love is socially constructed‚ they would argue back that their love is indescribable‚ like an essentialist where they feel that their sexality is innate‚ biological

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    Throughout the novel Freak the Mighty‚ Rodman Philbrick‚ creates a story about newfound friendship and adventure for the two main characters‚ Maxwell‚ “Max”‚Kane and Kevin‚“Freak”‚ Dillon. If the two boys would not have become friends Max would have still just stayed in the down under all by himself all day. Secondly‚ Max also would not have learned that he has a brain even if he does have to search deep down for it. Finally‚ if the boys would not have become friends‚ Freak would not have become

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    on how we perceived health and illness‚ the biological and the sociological construction. Biological structure of our health examines our bodies through biomedical representation of health‚ exercised by medical specialist in diagnosing and treating diseases. Illness and disease that are diagnosed can be treated by the usage of medicines‚ rehabilitations‚ such as physical therapy‚ or by surgery. The sociological construction of health is defined as a theory that all actuality and significance is subjective

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