Sociology

Before the establishment of the Israeli state, the founding father of contemporary political Zionism, Herlz Theodor had in 1902 put Africa in mind and acknowledged existing analogies between the Jewish and black experiences (Golda, 1975). Just after the redemption of the Israelites, Theodors desire of helping African nations was adopted by the Jewish leaders. This was so because based on the similarities between Israel and Africa in the struggle for independence, Israel was seen to be better placed...

After reading chapter 1, take a moment to think about the kinds of questions sociologists should be researching. What is a social question that you feel needs to be answered (pick something that is relevant to the community in which you live) Why do you think this questionissue is important to research Who will benefit     The question I feel should be solved by sociologists regard peaceful co-existence and how it could be achieved. The Functionalist perspective theory that tries...

With the advent of climate change, the natural processes of the Earth were adversely affected. The melting of polar ice caps is not just a warning but a catalyst for us to make a move to save the only planet that sustains all forms of life. The calamities that struck many areas in the world are messages from Mother Nature telling us to change our ways and be innovative in our daily activities. Much of the damage in our environments are accounted to the widespread use of non-renewable energy sources...

As I researched about the blind, I focused on their access to emergency facilities and classes in academic institutions. certainly, there is an urgent need to focus more on the blind community because of their peculiarity, hence, access to education and emergency facilities for the blind is truly important and requires improvement. Although all the policies and assistance to the access for the blind are established in official regulations, blind people still experience limited access. Such assistance...

Reading David Byrnes Wall Street Journal article Perfect City is like watching the Talking Heads member play a game of SimCity, the popular simulation game that allows players to build and design a city according to his or her liking, on the computer (Lew 11). Having this god-like ability proves quite irresistible, as evidenced by the games popularity, and I cant help but make my own perfect city. Like Byrnes vision, mine is also a collage of various cities of the worldSize. Byrne says that its...

    The elderly in society play a very critical role and ought to be given the kind of treatment and approach that they desire and deserve. A closer look at the various ethnic and minority groups in the country will attest to this the trend fairly pointing to their general neglect. To better illustrate this assertion and trend, this paper is devoted to the analysis of the African American ethnic group, with an emphasis on the elderly within this group and how they relate with other...

The AIDS pandemic is a scourge that has characterized many nations, straining economies as they redirect resources that could otherwise be diverted into resourceful income generating activities in methodologies that could reverse its devastating trend. India is a case in mind that bears the brunt of the perilous effects of the AIDS scourge with its slums that are adversely affected. One such epicenter is Mumbais red-light district where Population Services International (PSI) India, a non-profit...

Every video game lover knows that there is always something to achieve in each of these games. Every adventure lover, will be familiar to games like Super Mario, Tomb Raider, Diablo, Castlevania, Every game has a central figure around which the action revolves. The hero represents the player who is playing the game. In this essay, I attempt to look onto the philosophical and psychological side of gaming. I have taken five references to support my argument at each point. The first reference...

Biddle (2001) defines poverty as a state of lack of effective means to obtain basic needs such as food, shelter, basic health care, education, and clothing among others. It can be classified as absolute and relative. Absolute poverty is a situation where there is total lack of means available to access basic needs while relative poverty is a scenario where one lives under a certain threshold such as below a dollar a day (Biddle , 2001, p. 96). Poverty is aggravated by factors such as population...

There as been a wrong perception that there is something like British nationality. In the reality there is no British nationality, what we have are several British nationalities which include English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh.This make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Merriam Webster dictionary defines nationality as a status of belonging to a given or specific nation through a process which can either by birth or naturalization. It is a group of people who are united...

Nationality defines a group of people who possess a common identity based on a common language, culture, geographical territory and history. Considering this definition then, can we say that there is something like a British nationality  For Britain to qualify to have a common nationality for all those within its territory, all the people must have a reasonable combination of these factors. The British national can have four different identities namely English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh. Any...

Indeed, scientists are objective, this is essential to maintain integrity in their field of work. Nonetheless, science also has a human side, although the individual scientists might look as if they are working alone or detached from the rest of society, they are still part of the society and are specifically included in a scientific community (Cotgrove, 1970). According to Anderson and Buck (1980), it is the human side that forms scientific communities. This could be reflected on the manner in...

In his book Global Warming The complete briefing, John Houghton essentially provides us with a detailed account of the bits and pieces regarding the subject of global warming which has become an issue of concern for the entire globe. Human activity over the years has remained unchecked and consequently, it has taken its toll over the environment.  This brief report will attempt to shed light upon the issue of global warming, remarking as well on the awareness of the issue amongst the public...