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Social Choice Theory, 2008.
This paper looks at three social choice theories and argues in favour of Robert Nozick's theory.
1,229 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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The paper discusses three different types of social choice theory; John Rawls' theory, basic utilitarianism and Robert Nozick's theory of libertarianism. The paper argues that Nozick's theory of emphasizing human dignity and autonomy is the greatest of the three social choice theories because it secures the freedoms and prerogatives of all individuals.
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"In its simplest form, Social Choice Theory is fundamentally concerned with the "aggregation of individuals' preferences into a collective preference; based on this social preference a collective decision can be taken" (Haake, para.1). To elaborate a little more fully on what can be quite a complex topic, social choice theory is a branch of decision theory preoccupied with the process and outcome of a social choice procedure to which all affected parties agree to be bound (Davies, para.2). In summation, social choice theory is about making the best choice globally for everyone. Suffice it to say, John Rawls, utilitarian theory, and Robert Nozick have their own differing views on the considerations that should be borne in mind when assessing how social choices can be made."
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Management Styles, 2008.
This paper analyzes the fundamental differences between management styles in western and eastern cultures.
2,830 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 84.95
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The paper highlights three major differences between eastern and western cultures that affect management styles. The author reports that the philosophical underpinning of the west is based on rationality and maximizing self interest; whereas, eastern cultures focus on changing behaviors and circumstances for different behaviors. The paper states that western culture is focused on individuality and on proactive decision-making; however, eastern management styles are based on a strict manager-subordinate chain with more of a group oriented focus on the successful completion of tasks. The author points out that the eastern management style is more directive with workers expecting assigned tasks and clear directions; whereas, in western culture, the idea of initiative is praised and workers are expected to question assumptions, take risks and undertake tasks that were not necessarily assigned. The paper includes a graph and a table.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Management Styles in Western and Eastern Cultures
The Role of Culture in Business Management: Western versus Eastern Philosophies
Motivation and Performance Measures in Western and Eastern and Eastern Cultures
Western and Eastern Workers: Interactions with the Organization
Cultural Differences and Communication
Conclusion
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"On a practical note, Korn/Ferry International conducted a survey in collaboration with the Economist Intelligence Unit and found that a vast amount of respondents (72%), saw the East as a major influence in the macro business environment, and were considered major players within the overall globalization process, as different geographic spheres became more integrated. However, the Eastern leaders were not considered particularly able to excel in the global market place (this excludes Japan); as only 20% of the respondents thought Eastern cultures were adaptive to the global business environment and practices."
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Healthcare Among the Poor, 2008.
This paper explores healthcare delivery for the poor population in the US.
1,655 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 53.95
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The paper looks at the obstacles poor people in the US face in receiving healthcare. The paper offers a definition of "poor" and discusses urban inequality and the lack of healthcare for many people. The paper also explains why the government and individuals cannot pay all healthcare costs. The paper then discusses the solution of reducing healthcare costs by focusing on the prevention of serious diseases.
Outline:
The Socio-economic Inequality and Healthcare
Finding Solutions to Helping the Poor with Healthcare
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"The first step in looking at healthcare for the poor is to define what it means to be considered poor. The Meriam-Webster.com (2007) has 15 entries for poor, but two primary definitions for this paper are lacking in material possessions or characterized by poverty. The poor in the United States would be those who do not work or work at minimum wage jobs and they make less than the poverty index. Studying the United States and other countries will show how socio-economic inequality affects healthcare."
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Cultural Constructions, 2008.
This paper discusses the challenge of the sitcom "Will and Grace" towards hetero-normativity.
1,363 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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In this article, the writer looks at how the prosperous sitcom, 'Will & Grace' challenges traditional notions of hetero-normativity in that it seeks to "normalize" a gay character by placing that character within a situation comedy also featuring an attractive heterosexual woman he just so happens to be living with. The writer points out that the show emphasizes Will's professional success and is unafraid to make explicit "gay" references to human sexuality - scenes that, whatever their dramatic and aesthetic merits, certainly humanize Will and force the audience to view homosexual men and women as having the same human and instinctual impulses as heterosexual men and women. The writer maintains that at the same time, though, even as the series casts a bit of mockery on some old stereotypes about gays, it also perpetuates the notion that gay men are weaker than other men - less virile, in short. The writer concludes that the series is a commendable one, but hardly an infallible one.
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"The series has done other rather remarkable things that have challenged the bigotry gay men and women habitually face in modern-day American society. Most notably, the show has not been averse to making explicit "gay" references on-air, an apparent first in US prime-time television. Suffice it to say, this strategy has forced gay themes about sexuality and about human relationships into the mainstream - a process that, over a period of time, might diminish the reflexive distaste some audience members have for such topics. At the very least, the show's willingness to discuss explicit "gay" themes has allowed for a presentation of Will as a genuinely three-dimensional human being; in a day and age when "gay-bashing" is still a fact of life in many parts of America, anything that serves to humanize a gay character on prime-time television is something that deserves to be applauded."
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AIDS, 2008.
This paper examines the sociological implications of AIDS through an analysis of the societal institutions that shape and influence the understanding and stigmatization of this most controversial of epidemics.
2,380 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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This paper stresses that the effects of the AIDS epidemic on modern societies are tantamount in scope to those of the bubonic plague of the fourteenth century. The author points out that the victims of epidemic encounter and suffer from rigid, blind and irrational stigmatization; however, there is not a great deal of research about AIDS and the social stigma it breeds. The paper relates that, in the United States, the legal system paradoxically has served to both protect AIDS victims and strengthen their social stigmatization. The author underscores that the legal protections that the government has extended to the confidentiality of AIDS victims are superior to those that have been offered to other individuals with a communicable disease. The paper states that discrimination against HIV or AIDS victims in their places of work is more obvious than that which exists in religious institutions, although a considerable amount of progress has been made in the workplace.
Table of Contents:
A Brief Definition of Stigma
Law and Stigma
Media and Stigma
Religion and Stigma
The Work Force
Health Insurance
Education
Conclusion
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"Anyone who lived during the 1980s will recall the media's inadequate coverage of the AIDS outbreak. For those who didn't, it is sufficient to write that mainstream media coverage in those days was laced with mean-spirited jokes in bad taste, ridicule, rampant irreverence, and a woeful grasp on the facts. Today, very few dispute the argument that, in the early days of the outbreak, the media contributed a great deal to the general ambiance of hysteria and relentless stigmatization."
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Counseling Professionals and Ethical Standards, 2008.
A review of "Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions" by G. Corey, M. Corey and P. Callanan.
2,046 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 64.95
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The paper examines "Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions" where the authors focus on the issue of ethics in relationship to counseling professionals. The paper shows how the text is both a source of information and a tool that counselors can use in their development of personal ethical standards that will allow them to become more effective professionals.
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"Corey, Corey and Callanan (2007) focus on the issue of ethics in relationship to counseling professionals. The purpose behind the text is to allow the counselor or student to explore ethics in a manner that can be applicable to real life situations and develop personal ethical standards that are essential for working with clientele. At the core of the ethical exploration suggested by the book, however, is Corey, Corey and Callanan's (2007) contention that all counselors must ultimately make determinations best on what solution will benefit the client over the long term (p. 1). According to Corey, Corey and Callanan (2007), taking this approach to ethics provides the most effective decisions, as well as answers that are based upon the counselor's purpose for functioning - the client's needs (p. 1)."
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The Logan Health Center, 2008.
This paper looks at the Logan Health Center, studying its aims, philosophy and strategies.
766 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 27.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the Logan Health Center was established in 1995 by the Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center and New Haven Unified School District. The writer points out that the intention of the Logan Health Center is to provide a place where students at James Logan High School can learn healthy behavior such as sports and injury treatment or sexual treatment. The center also teaches injury prevention, and provides high quality health care. The writer looks at the philosophy of the Center and maintains that overall, the Logan Health Center is a positive place where students can have their physical and psychological needs met. The writer concludes that by allowing students to have a place where they can learn positive health behavior as well as positive social actions, the center successfully addresses many of the issues that students face.
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"By offering psychological as well as physical services, the center strives to make sure that the students come to school ready to learn. Though the center focuses on physical health, it recognizes that psychosocial problems often are what keep students from attending school. Therefore, these services recognize that the student is a whole person, not just a physical body.
"This strategy prepares the students for success. The strong focus on the whole person, the center allows an environment that is beneficial for those who are active physically and need a small amount of physical help to those who are having difficult social problems."
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Solving World Hunger, 2008.
This paper discusses solutions for eliminating hunger in third world
countries.
1,421 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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The paper argues that instituting democracy and establishing stable economies are necessary in order to resolve the chronic political and economic problems that cause hunger and poverty. The paper argues further that globalization undermines democratic institutions and, therefore, people should be aware of the dangers of globalization in order to avoid being exploited by the wealthy and the powerful.
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"Comprehensive solutions to resolving world hunger have been elusive because of the multitude of economic and political factors which cause hunger and poverty. Some solutions have been offered based upon establishing the provision of foreign aid and the establishment of food security, but these measures cannot guarantee self-sufficiency, which is one of the fundamental prerequisites for maintaining a sufficient food supply in underdeveloped countries."
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Caribbean Mothers and Stereotyping in Canada, 2008.
This paper discusses the issue of Caribbean women as single parents, focusing on political correctness and stereotyping in Canada.
3,175 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 91.95
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This paper discusses the conservatism of stereotyping Canadian- Caribbean women who are single parents. The writer notes that this can be done frequently by 'concerned' politically correct scholars and activists to assert they are attacking unwanted attitudes regarding 'women of colour' or 'Jamaican single mothers'. The writer expresses some of what is noticeable in educated circles in central Canada referring to single mothers of Caribbean backgrounds, in quite negative, distorting stereotypes that often miss practical or philosophical realities, notably those of religion and orientations other than the material. This paper's topic reinforces a simple reality that one is influenced by mass media materials if one is not alert to their influence as a danger.
Outline:
Introduction
Racism and 'Oppression'
School Failure and Gangs
The Impact of Slavery Reexamined
Class Struggle and Consumerism
'Fieldwork' - Speaking with People
Conclusion
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"The rest of the article refers to women of Caribbean origin having children when young, leaving school, living thereafter on social assistance or menial jobs. A stereotype of single mothers of Caribbean heritage in hopeless situations is now usual in a construction irritating single mothers who are achievers and sometimes excellent parents, able to provide constructive homes for their children on modest incomes. A strong bias in Philp's article is one of poverty always meaning severe disadvantage in contrast with a practicality and sense of priority found in Caribbean cultures as developed in ex-colonies of very limited resources till quite recently. Single mothers can be strongly aware of what is needed in life, and as stressed elsewhere in this paper, how to maintain their family's dignity, poverty not shameful when approached soundly, aware of how much worse off others are, trying one's best, valuing kin and conducting oneself well with others.
"Many contemporary Caribbean single mothers have had good role models in women raising children by themselves in more than one country."
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Socialism: From Babeuf to Marx, 2008.
A review of socialism from the early eighteenth century up until the middle of the nineteenth century, focusing on the works of Karl Marx and Francois Noel Babeuf.
1,333 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper briefly defines the concept of socialism and outlines its early stirrings in the eighteenth century, right up to the middle of the nineteenth century. In so doing, the paper notes how socialism was not a steady escalation of rhetoric that ultimately culminated in Karl Marx's "Manifesto," but rather, an idea about socio-economic organization that first emerged in its modern form in the fiery writings and outbursts of Francois Noel Babeuf. The paper further shows how socialism went through a period of fairly intellectualized and rational discussion during the first few decades of the nineteenth century.
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"By the dawn of the 1850s, thinkers such as Louis Blanc were calling for the advent of social workshops that would be controlled wholly by workers. This approach still sought to involve the capitalists in a cooperative fashion, but Blanc's approach to socialism soon gave way to Marx's highly-charged writings on the nature of social class relations. Specifically, Marx portrayed as inevitable a revolutionary conflict between capital and labor, and he also chastised the socialists as "theoretical utopian dreamers who disregarded the necessity of revolutionary struggle to implement their doctrines" ("Socialism," 44396). In one fell swoop, Marx had sharply rebuked the more measured and thoughtful tone of the early socialists and created a new kind of socialism (or, rather, the revolutionary socialism of Babeuf in a new dress) that avowedly sought the destruction of the existing capitalist order. It was, suffice it to say, the most radical step yet undertaken by the left in its battle against the "oppressive" forces of the classical liberal right."
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Understanding Genocide, 2008.
This paper examines Elie Wiesel's autobiography "Night" in order to determine the sociological implications of genocide.
2,360 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 72.95
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The paper analyzes Elie Wiesel's Holocaust recollections in his book "Night" with the goal of pinpointing the sociological realities that tend to breed genocide. The paper poses three central preconditions of genocide; the technological means of genocide, the role of propaganda and the role of extreme nationalism. The paper shows how Wiesel substantiates these preconditions of genocide in his book.
Outline:
Propaganda
The Mobilization of Technology
Nationalism
Never Again?
Conclusion
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"It would not be an exaggeration to write that Elie Wiesel's Night occupies a special place in the anthology of holocaust autobiographies. Of late, this short work has enjoyed a resurgence of sorts, and has skyrocketed to the top of numerous newspapers' bestselling lists. This paper, however, does not aim to delve into a literary analysis of the book--its inimitable style, its conciseness of language, and its mesmerizing refusal to lend itself to a clearly recognizable literary genre. This book, for all its concern with language and memory, is an autobiography that is grounded deeply in time and place--Poland of the Second World War. Wiesel's book, then, must be read as an autobiography of a Jewish man's appalling journey through that broken period. Consequently, it is up to the reader to make what he/she will of the work and to derive its sociological significance."
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