Would it be possible to create an NHS in 2021? Was 1940’s ‘Austerity’ any different to our current austere times? What is gained or lost in seeing the 1950’s as some kind of ‘golden era’? Did the 1960’s really deliver lasting social and cultural change?

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Sociology of modern Britain

QUESTIONS/TITLES OF ARTICLES (choose one of the below):
• Would it be possible to create an NHS in 2021?
• Was 1940’s ‘Austerity’ any different to our current austere times?
• What is gained or lost in seeing the 1950’s as some kind of ‘golden era’?
• Did the 1960’s really deliver lasting social and cultural change?
• The early 1970’s echo: how domestic troubles changed everything

Find current sources to describe online daters in today’s society and around the world. Compare and contrast offline dating and online dating. Use exchange theory to explain a relationship.

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Cafe Glass

Watch Café Glass video and respond to the following questions:

1. Find current sources to describe online daters in today’s society and around the world.

2. Compare and contrast offline dating and online dating. Use exchange theory to explain a relationship.

What do you think he means by “community”? Who do you think benefits from the tiny home model – just the homeless people that live there? Who does Alin Graham feel is a. responsible for ending homelessness, and what specific roles would they take in ending homelessness?

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Stratification

• “Can Tiny Homes Solve Homelessness?”

In this video, the speaker, Alan Graham, a former real estate developer and CEO of Mobile Loaves and Fishes, discusses Community First, a tiny home village which he developed in Austin, Texas, intended to serve the homeless population in that city. Graham states that Community First is based on what he calls a “relationship model.” He claims, “Housing will never solve homelessness, but community will.” In your discussion entry, discuss what Graham means by that statement. What do you think he means by “community”? Who do you think benefits from the tiny home model – just the homeless people that live there? Who does Alin Graham feel is a. responsible for ending homelessness, and what specific roles would they take in ending homelessness? How do you feel about this model? Do you think it is fair? Explain. If you lived in Austin, Texas, what specific role could you see yourself playing as part of the community Alan Graham speaks of?

 

As a sociologist how would you study a world pandemic? Do you think the use of micro or macro data would provide you with the most valuable information?

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Sociologist

As a sociologist how would you study a world pandemic? Do you think the use of micro or macro data would provide you with the most valuable information?

What is the difference between race and ethnicity? How could these two sociological concepts factor into present-day issues for minorities? Do you think these present-day issues are indicative of systemic racism?

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Difference between race and ethnicity

What is the difference between race and ethnicity? How could these two sociological concepts factor into present-day issues for minorities? Do you think these present-day issues are indicative of systemic racism?

Keeping in mind the week’s information about education, what may be contributing to the increase in suspensions, expulsions, and school-based arrests in schools across the country? How can we ensure safe public schools while respecting all students’ right to education?

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Criminal justice

Activity #3 is an excellent way to consider the relationship between the criminal justice system (the topic for this week) and education (the topic for last week). Read all assigned readings for this week BEFORE you complete this assignment. Folks tend to have very strong opinions about both of these subjects. Your task, as always, is to attempt to see these things from a sociological perspective, relying on research rather than opinions & emotions.

Go to : http://www.aclu.org/racial-justice/school-prison-pipeline (Links to an external site.)

Scroll down to click on:

1) Infographic – to get statistics about zero tolerance policies, and your choice of either a video or one of the other short articles about zero tolerance policies and/or school discipline.

2) Answer the following:

 

– Keeping in mind the week’s information about education, what may be contributing to the increase in suspensions, expulsions, and school-based arrests in schools across the country?

– How can we ensure safe public schools while respecting all students’ right to education?

– What steps can you as an individual and we as a society take to make sure that all young people have access to quality education?

Write a lit review using more than three sources, at least two of them being research studies in peer-reviewed journal articles.

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Marital status

Write a lit review (review of studies on the topic “If more people get married their general happiness will increase”). using more than three sources, at least two of them being research studies in peer-reviewed journal articles.

What cause Shakespeare Hamlet become so mad or mean

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Shakespeare Hamlet

What cause Shakespeare Hamlet become so mad or mean

Choose three organizations that demonstrate and exemplify corporate social responsibility. Evaluate how the organizations exemplify corporate responsibility. Describe methods for ethically managing aspects of diversity in a team.

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Managing Diversity

Imagine your team has been contracted to assist an organization with their corporate social responsibility and embracing and managing diverse populations of employees. You have been asked to present information on these topics to the human resources department.

Research aspects of ethical corporate social responsibility and strategies for ethically managing aspects of diversity in a team environment.

Choose three organizations that demonstrate and exemplify corporate social responsibility.

Evaluate how the organizations exemplify corporate responsibility.

Describe methods for ethically managing aspects of diversity in a team

Do you see any ethical problem of publishing these results?

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Discussion, write a response

In Chapter 3, we talked about various guidelines about research ethics, among which an important principle is to do no harm to research subjects. Let’s assume that you conducted a research project and followed all the protocols, and you feel certain that you have protected your subjects well. However, the research findings you have are somewhat surprising, and you can imagine that people with certain political standing can use it to justify actions that potentially hurt disadvantaged groups (hypothetically, say, you find that improving infrastructures and schools in neighborhoods with high percentages of Blacks and Hispanics do not end up helping Black and Hispanic kids’ wellbeing; or, say, children from same-sex families have worse mental health when they grow up). Do you see any ethical problem of publishing these results?