Social works confronts firsthand with issues of economic inequality‚ as they work with people who have problems who are challenge each day with socially‚ complicated situations caused by these economic inequalities. Economic Inequality is defined as uneven distribution of wealth and not having equal opportunities to improve situation‚ while poverty means not having access to material resources‚ income or wealth. However‚ socials workers recognized how this system of equal distribution is skewed
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Asses the Functionalist explanations of Social Inequality. (40) Social Inequality refers to any difference between groups or individuals in society which results in one having inferior life chances than the other. Functionalists believe these inequalities are the result of the meritocracy we live in. This is a system based on the idea that social stratification is necessary and desirable for the society. Functionalists argue that inequalities have a purpose; they are functional for society. Functionalism
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To what extent can control of written language create or reinforce power? Written language is intended to influence both our thoughts and behavior. Today‚ we depend on written language as our sense of thought. It is often questioned that if it weren’t for written language‚ would individual thoughts ever be able to exist? However‚ it is evident that thoughts cannot exist without written language‚ ultimately inferring that written language is a tool used to both create as well as reinforce power.
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there are many inequalities about health. By social class‚ race‚ gender‚ or age‚ they have different conditions of health. Some people who have low social class‚ they cannot get enough health care form the health provider. Also‚ some races have a high mortality rate. All these examples are health distributions. In these examples‚ social class may make the big health inequalities in the United States. The health distribution by the socioeconomic status is one of the biggest social problems. In the
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From 1933 to 1939 Hitler aimed to achieve a "social revolution" in Germany. He aimed to achieve such social policies within the Youth and Women but particularly through his concept of volksgemeinschaft‚ meaning ’people’s community‚’ he hoped to transform Germany into a strong country based on traditional peasant values." David Schoenbaum has argued that Hitler’s "social revolution" was a fake‚ and perceived as being real‚ due to the influence of Hitler’s propaganda. Hitler effectively aimed to unify
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appearances that people see within their own society. This conception is currently reflecting on fundamental misunderstandings about the true nature of racial classifications. Race is more of a social classification rather than a biological one. Race is very powerful that many others do not see it to be. Race is a social vision that gives individuals different types of access to resources and also opportunities to follow. In our world in the past and also currently today‚ white people have more advantages
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The education system has faults and many inequalities throughout it. The inequalities can be seen in many different areas including‚ meritocracy‚ different social classes‚ gender and ethnic inequalities‚ racism‚ cultural capital‚ and repressive state apparatuses etc. Various sociologists have different views about the education system and what the inequalities consist of. The neo-Marxist Althusser (1971) disagrees that the main function of the education is the transmission of common values. He
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Review: GENDER INEQUALITY IN EDUCATION: HOW WIDE IS THE GAP? Cooray‚ A.‚ Potrafke‚ N. (2011) ‘Gender Inequality in Education: Political Institutions or Culture & Religion?’ European Journal of Political Economy Vol. 27(2)‚ 268-280. Darling‚ J.‚ Glendinning‚ A. (1996) Gender Matters in Schools. London: Cassell. Quicke‚ J. (1998) ‘Gender and Underachievement: Democratic educational Reform through Discourse Evaluation’. in Gender in the Secondary Curriculum. ed. by Clark‚ A.‚ Millard‚ E. London:
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Poverty ‚ inequality & social security. What should the role of the State be in respect of social mobility? Additionally‚ there are two types of social mobility‚ and they are horizontal mobility and vertical mobility. Firstly‚ horizontal mobility refers to when there is a change in position of occupation‚ but no change in social class. For example‚ when an individual change his job from a managerial position in one company to similar position in another. Vertical mobility refers to when there
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Outline and assess the view that the role of education system is to justify and reproduce social inequalities (50) The view that the role of educations system is to justify and reproduce social inequalities is one from a Marxist perspective. They believe that capitalism creates inequality and allows those with wealth to keep theirs. Bowles and Gintis argue that there is a very close relationship between education and work. This is called the correspondence principle. Bowles and Gintis argue that
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