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    Social Contract Theory

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    MIGHT CHANGE IN MODERN POLITICS BE JUSTIFIED BY THE SOCIAL CONTRACT? DISCUSS WITH REFERENCE TO THINKERS EXAMINED IN THIS UNIT Modern politics governments differ from state to state based on their constitutions. The origins of some of these constitutions are somewhat unclear and my essay will attempt to shed light on what foundations they might have been built. I will give Thomas Hobbes definition of man in the ‘the state of nature’ and the transformation from this state to society‚ with differing

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    Social Structured Inequality

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    Social stratification is an important concept in sociology and has many definitions which revolve around it being ‘a socially constructed concept’ which is based on ‘structured inequality’; ‘the inequality may be in the form of income and wealth‚ an individual’s biological or ethnic make-up‚ or may be as a result of age or disability’ (Scottish Further Education Unit‚ 2006). In addition‚ the inequalities exist ‘among persons and between social groups with respect to the access‚ acquisition and distribution

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    THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY The idea of the social contract goes back‚ to Thomas Hobbes; John Locke‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ and Immanuel Kant developed it in different ways. After Kant the idea largely fell into disrepute until John Rawls resurrected it. It is now at the heart of the work of a number of moral and political philosophers. The purpose of this paper is to compare and contract the social contract theorists and their views on the origin of state. THOMAS HOBBES: (1588-1679) Background:

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    Understanding of Marginalization The person I interviewed for this assignment is considered from a marginalized group. One becomes marginalized once a social change occurs causing a high social status decrease. However‚ as society changes so does one’s marginalized position. Marginalization fluctuates‚ for example as children get older their marginalized status decreases. They develop their own sense of power and are able to make certain life lasting decisions. On the contrary‚ as adults become elderly

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    Focus Area - Education and Social Inequality Explain how the four components of thinking sociologically assist in understanding this area or domain. Traditionally Australians have believed in and conveyed the myth of Australia as a fair ‚ egalitarian society without excess wealth or poverty‚ however we are definitely not a classless society. Australia’s education system has been and remains one of the most unequally distributed social resources and could possibly be regarded as the main source

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    The social constructions of children and childhood are highly represented through contemporary children’s culture. The issue with social constructions of children and childhood set assumptions that often devalue their role and statues in society. Interestingly‚ this is comparable to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)‚ in which defines every child under the age of eighteen. Although their principles encompass international human rights of dignity‚ equality and respect

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    Social Insurance

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    Social insurance is public program. For example- Social Security. We as the citizens of the United States pay into Social Security with each paycheck we receive. With this money we are supposed to be able to retire and have a monthly income as we have paid into the fund and are now able to receive the money back. The same goes for Medicare and Medicaid‚ unemployment insurance and workers compensation. Each time we receive a check a small amount of money has been taken to apply to those programs.

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    The Use of Humor to Poke Fun at the Social Construction of Class: Illustrated in the Film The Jerk through Navin Johnson Money does not last forever. All the money in the world can become the reason why people change their personality and behavior. In the film The Jerk by Carl Reiner‚ a complete moron struggles to make it through life on his own‚ until a bizarre invention makes him unbelievably a wealthy man. Navin grew up in Mississippi as an adopted son of a black family‚ but on his birthday

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    Social Class and Inequality

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    Social Class and Inequality Social inequality has been defined as a conflicting status within a society with regards to the individual‚ property rights‚ and access to education‚ medical care‚ and welfare programs.   Much of society’s inequality can be attributed to the class status of a particular group‚ which has usually been largely determined by the group’s ethnicity or race (Macionis & Gerber‚ 2006).   The conflict perspective is an attempt to understand the group conflict that

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    Social Entrepreneurship

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    Everyone describes social entrepreneurship differently. While many have been able to describe the traits and features of a social entrepreneur there doesn’t seem at all to be a consensus about the definition of what constitutes the field of social entrepreneurship. Susan Davis and David Bornstein in their book‚ Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know define social entrepreneurship as “a process by which citizens build or transform institutions to advance solutions to social problems such

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