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    Why and to what extent do people make significant purchases from people with whom they have prior noncommercial relationships? Using data from the economic sociology module of the 1996 General Social Survey‚ we document high levels of within-network exchanges. We argue that transacting with social contacts is effective because it embeds commercial exchanges in a web of obligations and holds the seller ’s network hostage to appropriate role performance in the economic transaction. It follows

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    based on the movie Elysium which conveys a futuristic view of humanity’s evolution whereby Earth’s wealthiest fled the planet to preserve their way of life leaving the financially unstable and the sickly behind. Social inequality in the film Elysium is constructed by depicting a dystopian society (Elysium 2013) This can be evidenced through the imagery‚ architecture‚ agricultural landscape‚ language‚ ideas‚ values and norms portrayed in the movie (Giddens‚ A 2009). Social inequality in the film Elysium

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    focused on inequalities in health in the United Kingdom. It was named The Black report‚ after Chairman Sir Douglas Black. The report concluded that morbidity and mortality was unevenly distributed throughout the population. It suggested that even since the creation of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948 inequalities between social classes continues to widen rather than diminishing. The report does not hold the NHS responsible for the increase of inequalities but highlights social inequalities influencing

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    The movie "Super Size Me" is a documentary on a man who has decided to consume only McDonald’s food for a period of thirty days. This man‚ Mr. Spurlock‚ has embarked on this adventure to assess the health issue of McDonald’s food. Of course‚ there are a couple of rules. He has to eat McDonalds for breakfast‚ lunch‚ and dinner. He also has to devour everything on the menu at least once. If he is asked to super size his meal‚ he must submit. His experiences during this thirty day trial period are astonishing

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    Gender Inequality In 1960‚ a woman made sixty cents for every man’s dollar. In 2010‚ that woman makes but twenty cents more than she would have fifty years ago for doing the same exact job a man does (“Me Too Movement has Shaken the Workplace to its Core”). The history of gender equality‚ starting mainly in the 1840’s‚ was vast. Suffrage gave women the right to vote‚ potentially the most influential event in terms of gender equality in history; following that‚ the Women’s Liberation Movement

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    Major social institutions affect society‚ humanity‚ and prosperity in different ways. Education is a social institution that affects an individual’s “economic success and social progression (Wright 1368). Throughout today’s society‚ the level of education that an individual acquires has a large impact on the amount of employment opportunities‚ job security‚ and wages that are attained. According to a 2006 study by the U.S. Census Bureau‚ the average salary for college or university graduates

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    Social Inequality and Minorities in the United States In this course I have learned about many different kinds of social problems in societies around the world and in the United States‚ such as poverty‚ social inequality‚ race and cultural discrimination‚ gender stratification‚ environmental damage‚ population growth‚ and urbanization. I chose my final essay to be on Social Inequality and Minorities in the United States. For me this subject raises many points of our daily life and brings us to

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    Social Psychology Movie review: The prince and me Every little girl dreams of getting married to a prince someday. But as they grow they realize that there are too many girls and too few princes (haha just teasing ). This modern Cinderella inspired love story is about a Danish prince Edvard who falls in love with a commoner (simple and shy) Paige Morgan. Edvard and Paige first meet at a bar where Paige works‚ their first meeting doesn’t go well though(oh I thought first impressions matter)

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    Another significant privilege was my inexperience of racialized social control in my educational capital. Racialize social control is the regulation and repression of a certain race (Rios‚ 30). To illustrate‚ my high school was divided into two; the top floor was the magnet program and the rest of the school was for regulars. The schools physical structure depicts the social class within the school system that students are categorized into. Ironically‚ I was enrolled in the regular school‚ but because

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    SOCIAL INEQUALITY BASED ON CASTE Contents 1. Introduction 2. Objectives 3. Scope 4. Definitions 4.1 Social inequalities 4.2 Caste 5. Why inequalities 6. Global caste discrimination 7. Case Study –Caste discrimination in India Context 7.1 Definition & Background 7.2 Caste discrimination in practice 7.3. India’s legal framework 7.3.1 The Indian Constitution 7.3.2 The Indian Penal Code 7.4 Implementation issues 7.5 International commitments

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