Sociology

Consumer behavior entails the psychological process that consumers go through in recognizing needs, finding ways to solve these needs, making purchase decisions such as whether to buy a product or not, make plans about buying the product (Blythe 2008). Therefore, there are a number of ways, which a shop can ensure that its customers stay for longer inside the shop whilst doing their shopping. Discussion A way of letting the customer to staying more inside the shop is making them happy and contented...

Bourgeois (1995) tries to bring into the limelight the do-or-die search of respect by the poor crack sellers of El Barrio (East Harlem) in his ethnography, In Search for Respect. In his straight and candid interviews with his respondents who are more than willing to describe the illegal economic activities that characterizes their neighborhood, Bourgeois makes it known that, though these people lives in abject poverty, they need to earn a living (search for respect), even if it means them engaging...

According to Cohen (1972), the redevelopment of Londons working-class neighbourhoods which favoured social elites or the gentry resulted in the marginalization of working class residents, loss of community and deterioration of collective power in the East End. Thus, there was a breakdown of socio-cultural interaction and dynamics that led to the development of youth subcultures. The objective of this paper is to examine Cohens perspective on the impact of rapid development in London to development...

This paper covers the introduction which focuses on the medicalization of marijuana and its approval by the California and Arizona societies by being passed by law as a medicinal drug. It also provides a thesis of why marijuana is available in society. The Literature Review covers the available literature on the topic of medicalization of marijuana and its pros and cons in society. Thereafter the findings from the literature provided are discussed and finally a conclusion is presented. Introduction Marijuana...

The Child Adoption and Foster system in Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia (NOVA) A case study of World Association for Children and Parents (WACAP) Adoption represents one of ways through which one can build or expand a family. Children who go through adoption are the ones in need of families who can range from infants to teenagers. Most of the children in foster homes and under adoption are victims of circumstances. The reasons for adopting a child are varied. For an adoption process to go...

The state of people not having enough resources, food, clothing, and shelter is referred to as poverty. Poverty has got various effects to a person including inability to take part in recreational activities, pay for proper medication, and live a life heshe has ever wanted. Social interaction of the poor families as well as communities is negatively affected. All people whether rich or poor pay the cost of poverty. Poverty has got many faces that change from time to time and place to place (Chen...

The influence Parents education and income on the children academic achievements at school Parents have got a strong influence on their children either socially, spiritually, and also academically. This is because the children try to imitate and learn from their parents in all aspects. The most influential part of it all is that parents learn some concepts during their school ages that influences their ways of interaction with their children in the present times around the learning activities around...

The notion that the government may have expected too much from Enron executives, given the scale of the abuses committed by the executives and the scope and scale of the resulting damage, is an extraordinarily difficult position to substantiate.  This case represented the largest bankruptcy in American history, a bankruptcy nearly all academics agree was primarily caused by greedy ambition and accounting frauds to inflate corporate balance sheets, and the better argument is that responsibility...

This paper tackles the categorical imperative theory of Immanuel Kant as well as its first and second formulations and how they apply to a particular case of infidelity. Introduction In his Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant defines an imperative as any proposition that declares a certain action or inaction to be necessary and practical (Kant, 1993, p. 413). The categorical imperative is a type of imperative which states what one ought to do under certain circumstances and it implies...

White collar crimes refer to non-violent criminal activities that are perpetrated by businesses or individuals like office staff or sales people in the course of their duty. The terminology was defined by Edwin Sutherland as he presented a speech to the American Sociological Society. These crimes include misappropriation of funds, corruption, unjust competition, tax avoidance, and unjust labor dealings (Dininni, 2007). The original intention of the terminology was as a categorization of perpetrators...

The rise of Information era has led most organisations to adopt the process of rationalisation, Rationalisation is defined as the organisation of life through division and coordination of activities on the basis of exact study of mens relations with each other, with their tools and their environment, for the purpose of achieving greater efficiency and productivity (Freund 1968). With this concept, the traditional differences in task, human relations, and doing business are becoming different and...

Abedi, J. (2004) The No Child Left Behind Act and English Language Learners Assessment and Accountability Issues Educational Researcher, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 414    The article by Jamal Abedi looks at the major issues that touch on the implementation of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The article looks at the inadequacies of the limited English proficiency. The author notes the inconsistence of the program as well as the small number of students with limited English proficiency as the...

Every society is socially stratified. Social stratification is viewed in terms of the hierarchical arrangement that defines society. In most instances, the divisions are looked into in reference to wealth and power possession within society. Simply put, the term is used in regards to the concept of economic class.  The shared socio-economic conditions determine the classification of individuals. This basically presents a relationship characterized by inequalities in reference to the political,...