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    The Public Transportation Should be Free of Charge We know that the current congestion is getting worse in big cities of Indonesia such as Jakarta and Surabaya. There are many private vehicles were thronged the streets. Especially in the cars‚ there are a lot of private cars that contain only one or two passenger only. It could have a major impact on the balance of nature and global warming. But there are many solutions to reduce this problem. If I could request one important thing to the government

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    Submitted by : Economies of Scale and Scope in Local Public Transportation: The study tires to make a contribution to the debate on the introduction of competitive tendering procedures in the urban bus transport sector. The paper tries to investigate to what extent multi-mode suppliers could use the scope and scale economies to reduce their costs in comparison to a group of single-mode operators offering to provide local transit services. The model specification used in the analysis is based on

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    Robbie O’Brien Structural functionalism is the idea that everything that operates in a society has a certain function and role that it plays in order to make a large society work. I think that it can be broken down like a Car. a car has many parts‚ that all work together in order to make the car go‚ for example a car has the engine part‚ but a car won’t move without all the other parts that officially makes it a ‘car.’ Just like a society‚ if we were to just have the giant corporations‚ and the

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    3. Theoretical framework: Manuel Castells 3.1 Linking network society with network society The network society is a society which is dependent upon data and communication innovation‚ the network society or information age has substituted the industrial age (Castells‚ 1990:51). The system society does not supply material products rather it is focused on producing information and learning by so using online networking. Online networking incorporates network sites‚ the group of writers‚ wikis and photo

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    IV. Proposed Theoretical Framework Although the theory of planned behavior has been applied in various studies in different context‚ still there were issues raised by different authors. Perhaps‚ the reason is that human behavior is very complex and difficult to explain because of the uniqueness of the human person. The new framework differs in terms of adding the personality as moderating factor. This is also the critical issue that may have an effect on the different beliefs of people. The creation

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    Driving your Own Car or using Public Transportation As long as cities are sequentially growing‚ people need to travel trough long distances to get from one place to another. By the increasing of those necessities‚ people choose between using their own car and drive along the roads or‚ not spending too much money and using public transportation. Both choices have many good benefits. Driving your own car might cost a lot of money; regarding to the cost of cars these days. But‚ safety is more

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    How well do the theories of functionalism‚ Marxism and Feminism contribute to the sociological understanding of the family by Martin This essay will approach the three different models based on functionalism‚ Marxism and feminism theories. The information will show sociological understandings of how and why particular assumptions about the social world are connected. Functionalism or the building or structural framework theory sees that society is a complex system with parts working together to

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    Quadri Professor Carrillo English 60B 3 December 2010 A Car vs. Public Transportation When it comes to saving some money during this economic downturn‚ what do people prefer to use for going to work or anywhere in particular. Many people prefer using public transportation over driving your own car. No doubt‚ driving your own vehicle gives you some kind of flexibility in timings‚ yet it is not hazard free. Travel by public transport is hassles free and you no need to worry even where to park

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    1. Define the major points of each of the major theoretical frameworks in sociology. Choose a social issue (other than divorce) and apply the three sociological perspectives to the chosen issue. The three major theoretical frameworks are symbolic interactionism‚ functional analysis‚ and conflict theory. Symbolic interactionism is a microsociological analysis‚ meaning that it focuses on face-to-face interactions between people‚ and uses symbols to understand the surrounding world. These symbols

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    meritocratic principles‚ and status is gained on the basis of merit. Key questions (AO1) What is functionalism? (AO1) How do functional sociologists view the education system? (AO2) What support is there for functionalist views of education? (AO2) What criticisms can be made of functional views of education? Summary of key points Functionalism is a view of sociology that suggests that the role of a sociologist is to look at the workings of society

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