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Scholars examine different sociological phenomena through theories to explain the influence of society on individuals and vice versa (Giddens, Duneier & Appelbaum 2003, pg. 3). The scholars use sociological theories to explain the way society influences people, and at the same time describe and explain social phenomena.

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In an evolving human society that is fast getting confined into a global village owing to the present communication and marketing technologies, social theories become Read More…
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The growing ties between different cultural groups and economic units that are typical of the present epoch had great consequences for the development of global society as a whole. Globalization leads to drastic changes in the social conditions of millions of the world’s residents, expressing itself both in constant shifts in global production and the disruption of ‘usual’ cultural conventions. Read More…
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‘Education is the placing of the growing human creature in such circumstances of direction and restraint, as shall make the most of him, or enable him to make the most of himself.’(American Journal of Education.1862, pp18). In such views, then, we see that the theorist is doing the thing which the negate, ie influencing the society. Read More…
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In Saudi Arabia, during the country’s Ramadan holiday, Kentucky fried chicken gained more than $200,000 in a week. This is an indicator that these companies do not involve local traditions as much as they overshadow them. By including indigenous traditions and flavors in foreign franchises, it is nothing more than a way of profiting off local customers. Read More…
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Under these terms, the use of any sociological framework for the development of the countries of the Third World should be decided and evaluated in accordance with these countries’ existing political and social system (Cowen et al., 1996). It is quite possible that the principles of modernity are not ‘compatible’ with the local society. Read More…
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This question posed to anyone would obviously elicit a candid and frank answer. Most of these answers, however, will not establish the boundaries between the two terms – globalization and postmodernity – as this paper seeks to establish. Moreover, the answers will not pay much attention to what is “fashionable” in this century. Read More…
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The idea of imperialism in this regard remains a purposeful conquest of a particular culture corresponding to being irrelevant of the location, being victimized of a worldwide cultural change. Ever since the year 1980, the number of scholars has paid increased attention to both local as well as global aspects of the western and Americanised cultural transfer. Read More…
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It is the case that modernization theory and dependency theory has been the prevalent perspectives regarding socio-economic development. Although the latter encompasses several issues, one of the main problems it wishes to interpret and resolve is the disparity between developed states (i.e. Read More…
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In attempting to reach understanding “there is a general context in which the discipline of International Relations was established.  It was a period of progressive institutionalism, of liberal-constitutional principles as a reaction to war.  This desire to prevent future war must never be forgotten when analyzing or assessing the discipline’s origin” (theorist W. Olsen, 1972, pp. 8-9). Read More…
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The most common theme is the perception that post-modernity is a necessary response to the redundancy of modern era concepts. Thus the common theme indicates that postmodernity is necessary for explaining and understanding current politics, and current conditions generally. Sociological theories in particular are either dead or dying and thus a sociological theory of postmodernity is appropriate. Read More…
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The terms postmodernism and postmodernity are increasingly appearing in all different fields of study and are used in virtually any context (Smart, 1990).  Even so, postmodernity has given rise to a significant debate over its definition and whether or not it is a useful term or merely some “irrelevant and frivolous” concept. Read More…
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While capitalism see in globalization as a benefit, anti-globalists consider that it harms foreign countries (Bhagwati, 2002). Capitalism is one of the three discontent that the anti-globalization movement protests against. The central perspective in this notion is the monopoly of corporations that are at the heart of the problem.  Read More…
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cal thought therefore bears unique significance to globalisation theories which name the world-as-a-whole, their object of knowledge, including in principle the global south and providing a way of social theory overcoming its most devastating historical limitations. The scope Read More…
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Sociological thinking recognizes the importance of diversity in understanding the human society and their social interactions, which are normally affected by such variables as age, sex, race and social class. The appreciation of social diversity changes the misconceptions and stereotypes about various categories of people and their ways of social life. Read More…
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The world has witnessed tremendous dynamicity in knowledge integration, processing, and its directed flow, leading to positive implications in the development of technology and trade. Since the nascence of the concept of this dialectic phenomenon of globalization was implemented by the Portuguese and Spanish colonists in Asia. Read More…
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Ritzer’s core theory revolved around the idea that Weber’s ‘iron cage’ depersonalized for sake of procedural standardization is amalgamated with Frederick’s Taylor’s maximization in production efficiency, which is then spread from precincts of workplaces to saturate one’s leisure, home, and consumption mode. Read More…
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Gender equality is an issue that became evident in recent decades. The sociologists argue that, no matter how much a binary system of gender equality will be fought, it will actually remain inequalities. For instance, the hullabaloo over Nelly’s music video: Tip- Drill brought Hip-hop gender problem. Read More…
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The hyper-globalist perspective of globalization involves implementing economic changes which have cultural and political implications. It is a new approach to globalization. In this approach, the importance and authority of the nations are reduced for getting more economic benefits in the global market. Values of different changes in globalization are analyzed with the help of this perspective.

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In 1995, there was a debate which was called the “Warwick Debate on Nationalism” between two best-known proponents of nationalism. The debate was hosted by Edward Mortimer at Warwick University. During the debate, various thoughts and approaches were shared by each of the speakers on the study of nationalism. Read More…
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Also addressed is the manner in which common sense reality can be influenced by the theoretical constructions of both intellectuals and ideas from other merchants. The paper is therefore focused on handing out an understanding of a reality that makes up the core of the empirical science of sociology Read More…
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The various drawbacks according to the study by Hamdi (2013) are due to the strategies employed by the countries some of which are from the point of entry to the foreign market. Likewise, the study agrees that the business world has become more dynamic and competitive, and this can largely contribute to the inequality witnessed in the long run. Read More…
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Globalization constitutes a complex and contested concept, which affects societies, across the world. It poses several challenges to state theorists. The world is undergoing an integration process, due to globalization; and this raises several concerns, regarding the powers of a state and its position in an internationally integrated world. Read More…
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It has been argued by some influential Middle Eastern economists that the development of sovereign, sustainable economic institutions within Middle Eastern nations is an essential precursor to political stability and effective participation in global economic markets (Clement and Springborg, 2001).   Read More…
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He presented nine epochs of history which provided a naturalistic vision of societal evolution. His tenth epoch of the future stated that inequality between classes and societies will be eliminated. He then reasoned that this will result in the improvement of intelligence, individual morality, and physical well-being. Read More…
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What are rules, and what are resources, in this terminology (Giddens 1977) It is this question among others that inspired Giddens evolving theory of structuration in the world of Sociology. Simply stated, Giddens has completely invented the notion and subsequent theories of structuration. Read More…
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Interestingly, the researches and theories have indicated a complex relationship, often producing contradicting results. This discussion implies understanding the impact of sociological constructs from a gender perspective in organizational contexts based on various researches and studies. 
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The paper explains sports as a manipulative thing, which only belongs to certain people of a certain class. In fact, it explains that by participating in sporting or athletics events, one is only enriching the owners of such events. Another sociological theory is feminism, which mainly discusses issues of gender relations and subjugation. Read More…
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Human beings have always reflected on life and its reason of existence. Such thoughts are the basis of religious, philosophical and ideological theories. Thus, the subject of sociology has surfaced as a scientific study of the origin of human society and the behavioral patterns of human beings. Read More…
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Goffman even though was regarded largely as a social critic; was a social theorist too of a very high degree. Unlike Marcuse, he emphasizes moral obligations, but does so in a rather cynical way, calling most of the individuals as performers exciting criticisms that according to him ordinary people were “sinister manipulators”. Read More…
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This theoretical discussion of economic growth, globalization, and national/political sovereignty constitutes the framework for exploring a case study of two Middle Eastern nations in regard to the measurable effects of these economic principles on their current and prospective economic development, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

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It analyzes the historical and the current experiences of migrants, refugees, vehicle drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. It also provides explanations for the advent and change of mobility in various countries and locales. Moreover, it investigates the kinetic practices of global capital, images, biological and chemical substances, technology, ideas, narratives, and sounds. Read More…
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The difference in the rural community from the urban community has necessitated the socio-economic studies to ascertain the actual life aspects in both cases. The analysis of different communal background is a sound study backed up by myriad theories that explain and illustrate the livelihood among the communities. Read More…
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In this book, the author has depicted the importance of analysing organisations with respect to theory, practice and revitalisation. The development of technology and modernisations has led towards various critical situations with respect to social and cultural aspects for organisations to conduct their business operations in an efficient manner. Read More…
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The relationship between these theories and the anticipated research finding is that they are deductive. They are used to show how knowledge is arrived at through the gathering of facts that provide the basis for laws. Secondly, they entail insights, beliefs, and values to provide adequate justification for a phenomenon or research problem.  Read More…
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The term “globalization” cannot be adequately defined to incorporate all the aspects associated with the close relationship among different countries around the world. It is also hard to establish the actual time that globalization began, and for how long it has been in existence. Nevertheless, a simple definition of the term “globalization” usually touches on the continued interdependence among individual countries. Read More…
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I would like to describe three basic theories of globalization: world-system theory, world culture theory, and world polity theory. The modern world system originated around 1500. Previously, a long-term crisis of feudalism gave way to technological innovation and the rise of market institutions. Now, the world system reached its geographic limit. Read More…
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The widespread development of technology and interactions has complicated the security situation in the world. Today, most countries are more vulnerable to terrorism than was the case before globalization took a centre stage. For example, more people, especially in poor countries are increasingly becoming victims of cybercrime due to globalization and the liberal market.

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The power and influences of globalization are unstable, reliant, and unclear and it is merely through instinctively dealing with this lethal world that people can survive. The concept of globalization, similar to that of the concept of secularisation, is charged with various meanings which also do not essentially signify each other.

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The unpaid housework if often incorrectly compared with directly to unpaid work, and if properly acknowledged it speeds up within the context of the public economic system. Hession (2009) further argues that comparison ignores the relations of power within the family in which women are often dependent upon men, who in turn abuse these powers. Read More…
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History is replete with the examples of the division of all societies into three groups or categories at the eve of the advent of social change. First category consists of a very small proportion of the individuals, who strive diligently and work very hard to cause the change within their structure. Read More…
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From the information collected on globalisation, including the advantages and disadvantages, we can state here that globalisation is a significant contribution to the world economy and an important part of contemporary world history. But the consequences have to be carefully weighed down and qualified. Read More…
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Gross National Happiness is today an iconic national philosophy Bhutan, Himalayan Kingdom. It has gained international fame for its exceptional principles that promote the economic development of the small nation while at the same time promoting the traditional cultures of the Bhutanese people. Read More…
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Sociological theories are significant in explaining social phenomena.  In addition, they provide understanding about how society works, which is essential in coming up with practical solutions to the existing problems in society. A theory can basically be defined as principles and propositions that are developed with the objective of explaining a certain occurrence in society. Read More…
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Theories have been postulated keeping various societal conditions in concern to deal with happenings in the organization/ society. The present article deals with the implication of social theories to deal with the situations arising in health care. Sociological theory is the backbone of any discipline.  Read More…
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The paper “Theories of Development” is a sage example of a sociology term paper. From a simplistic perspective, it is noted that the term development refers to a significant occurrence that normally has positive connotations i.e. it means the shift from poor, lower, or inferior state to a much more advanced, improved, or enlightened state. Read More…
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The French author Auguste Comte was one of the contributors to early sociological thinking. (Giddens, 2006: 11). The idea of progress is the basis of the Comtean system, states Sklair (2003: 35). It underpins Comte’s law of the three stages which claims that human efforts to understand the world have passed through theological, metaphysical and positive stages. Read More…
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The real issue according to the author is that children from these diverse backgrounds are not able to "decode" school. He sees the schools as cultural institutions that fail to match the lives of disadvantaged children. The author believes that schools need to reinvent themselves as institutions that build social capital for children. Read More…
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With the advent of the development economics theories, it is now largely being argued that the Western Capitalistic theories and practices can turn around the fate of the developing countries if followed in their true spirit. The studies on more modern footings on the modernization and development are being conducted.  Read More…
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The work reviews the literature and seeks to find out what recent sociological studies have identified as the main sources of continuing inequality between men and women in the workplace. Further, this review seeks to understand how the gendered division of labour in the household and wider social institutions affects the workplace. Read More…
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The author begins by defining practice theory as “a type of cultural theory” documented by other social theorists such as Bourdieu and Gidden among others. In his explanation of practice theory in terms of cultural theory, Reckwitz argue that the 18th-century social theory outlines three basic tenets that explain individual actions and social order. Read More…
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Globalization is a crucial business concept that describes the rapid and recent process of the international economic, social and political integration. The global integration allows people to communicate, travel, invest and trade. This eases the acquisition of raw materials and the marketing process.  Read More…
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One of the most imperative reasons behind exploring the above-described phenomenon includes the unearthing of negative and destructive effects of globalisation on the social, financial and cultural activities of the people living in various parts of the third world, along with estimating the positive and constructive alterations globalisation phenomenon has introduced in the poor and backward states. Read More…
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Sociology refers to how we see the world, society, and ourselves. The structural-functional perspective provides major emphasis to structural arrangements. Functionalism originated from the work of French sociologist Emile Durkheim and was developed in the United States during the forties up to the sixties.

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Media coverage of WikiLeaks for instance provoked everyone to focus on the state of vulnerability that corporate and governments are placed in by criminals working online. Retail and financial organizations are not spared by the growing menace of cyber; MasterCard International, PayPal, and Amazon are some organizations that have encountered the threat of cybercrime recently. Read More…
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The development indicates that machines will replace humans. The expansion and the extensive use of networked technologies all over the world will change the understanding and relation of production. This new social change may appear as the outcome of contradiction between the old and the new forces of production. Hence, the relation of production generates a new mode of production. Read More…
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Different scholars observe international order changes from their own different perspectives. Many authors believe that international order changes over the last century contributed to more people representation while some others opine that such changes adversely affected governments’ stability. Read More…
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The international economy has developed a world system wherein the core system that in this case refers to first world countries exploits the peripheral in the third world nations. Labour policies in the global arena engender the ethnic segmentation that has been imposed and through which nationalism is used to justify marginalization and exploitation. Read More…
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Georg Simmel’s sociology describes the social forms that grow out of interactions of individuals or their relations to one another. Therefore, he held that apart from the division of labor, universal forms of domination and subordination, and competition, among others all characterize all societies (David, 2009).

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The transition from the Transatlantic Slave Trade and slavery involved compensation payments to the owners, and a gradual change of status for the African slaves, who went through a period of apprenticeship from 1833 before being declared free in 1838. There were difficult problems of enforcement during this transitional period, especially in the British West Indies, where emancipation threatened financial vested interests. Read More…
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Social theories were developed centuries ago and are still being used in society today. They were generally laid down as frameworks that are being used as evidence in the study and to try and interpret the occurrence of social phenomena (Browning, Halcli & Webster, 2000). Most of the social theorists tend to explain the overall social life of people and their interaction with the environment.

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Psychology has focused on understanding the cognitive processes that define adolescence. Adolescents are in a transition from childhood to adulthood, a phase marked by multiple hormonal, physical, and psychological changes. It has proved difficult to deduce exactly the cognitive processes that define the behavior exhibited by many adolescents. Read More…
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Student name: Professor Name: Course name: Date: Sociological Perspective The contemporary society has witnessed tremendous alterations particularly during the last two decades in the wake of technological advancements being made in it. These changes are not confined to one specific area or region of the world; on the contrary, changes could be observed even in the most backward cultures of the globe, where almost all social institutions are turning complex in the aftermath of the globalization. Read More…
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The report by the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) suggests a comprehensive array of changes to give all societies world-class health care. These recommendations could have the widest impact on patients, families, and communities, including treatment of people with substance abuse and more aggressive management of obesity.  Read More…
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When it comes to war, World War II is the most deadly in human history. It was the first time that some newly developed technologies, including nuclear weapons, were used against military or civilian targets. World War II resulted in the death of more than 60 million people, which is over 3% of the world population at that time. Read More…
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In addition, the study shall cover the four main dimensions of McDonaldization as described by Ritzer. The study is very important in discussing the phenomenon of McDonaldization. Furthermore, the study shall highlight the dangers of other companies Read More…
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According to the report Kerbo defines a paradigm as a “fundamental image of the subject matter within science. It serves to define how it should be studied and what should be studied, what questions should be asked, how they should be asked, and what rules should be followed in interpreting the answers obtained. Read More…
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According to the paper capitalists played a crucial or critical role as key players of globalisation. For instance, the international media companies engaged into this international integration of sophisticated businesses primarily due to the emancipation of advanced technologies employed in the media. The ability of the media to be part of globalisation, deregulation and neoliberalism allows the public to have wide access of information, and even varied point of views to strengthen their thoughts on what is happening around the world. Read More…
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Politics, according to Keating () have oftentimes been given the blame for economic policy formulations and framework within a country based upon globalization, however, the author further provides that although this is a contributing factor, it is but one of many and more importantly “in most instances it is not the most important reason” (p.7). Read More…
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Tourism has been described as one of the most important concepts of developing cultural, social and economic aspects of any country. This has been the most favourite strategy followed by the central planners in order to create significant changes in the development of various social, cultural and economic aspects of the respective countries of these central planners.  Read More…
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The traditional work society gives the world a less stable social structure of multiple activities and the active citizen democratically organizes local and regional transnational networks. Modernization seems risky and reflexive but in order to link business with globalization, it is required to take a bold and brave step (Beck, 2000).  

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In Western societies, it has been observed that increasingly, the years of childhood appear to shrink while the period of youth gets extended as the adoption of an adult identity becomes ever more delayed. Today young children are exposed to adult concerns through mass media and lose their childhood innocence much earlier than in previous epochs. Read More…
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The factors of social change include the physical environment, demographic, cultural and ideas. Some geographical elements do initiate great social changes. The storms, social erosion, climate, floods, earthquake, and droughts, etc., do affect the social life to some magnitude and induce social change (Clarke 2013).  Read More…
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It is the duty of a sociologist to study events and relationships in society to identify how sociological understanding can build upon the knowledge of the way society functions. Sociology is a tool that serves to verify philosophies or create new ones. At its best, this field of study grants a means by which policies can be created that will serve the greater good.

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One cannot ignore the other. Globalization is such a fast-moving phenomenon that free-market capitalism is aghast at the speed of its growth and the new challenges that it has brought forth. This is a historical development as the result of industrialization and internet revolution. Read More…
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All in all as our analysis has shown, the discourse of cultural imperialism is actually an amalgamation of a variety of complicated, ambiguous and, sometimes, conflicting concepts. But the point that I want to highlight here is that Tomlinson has introduced certain significant tenets that until influences and do apply to the continuing process of globalization and the media’s role in it. Read More…
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Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer believe that the culture industry remains focused on two things: controlling revolutionary instincts and business, rather than looking at the conventional understanding of culture. This is where case culture can be defined as the total way of life of a given people, and only using this can a culture be deemed authentic. Read More…
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Friedman (2005) calls it a flattened world wherein the playing field can be considered as “open and level”. Friedman explained how the world has shrunk.  Technology has allowed everyone to compete in a leveled playing field within the global marketplace, something which was not possible before the major advances in information technology.

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As a result, the collective identity of society is hard to determine. There are many different factors, which can be taken into consideration. The first is that of technology. In terms of postmodern society, there will most likely be an extreme use in the amount of technology. Read More…
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The term globalization has become widely popular over the past couple of decades permeating into diverse fields including social, political, technological, economic as well as literary. It refers to a mega-phenomenon that has made its presence felt in almost all aspects of human life, thus becoming the key driver which is shaping contemporary trends. Read More…
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Globalization has intensified the integration of world markets resulting in the significant benefits to almost all sectors of the economy. It has enabled free movement of factors such as labour, capital, technological know-how, etc thus maximizing economic benefits and effectiveness on a global level. Read More…
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ors to introduce cultural and social harmony among common people from different socio-religious traditions, communication is considered as a matter of highest importance in order to maintain the pace of such harmonization. The human existence, though, is dependent on several Read More…
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The history of modernity can be traced back to the 17th century and the beginning of a revolutionary era of Enlightenment. To illuminate the importance of a comprehensive study of the social part of life by socialists, this study will identify and explore the essential characteristics of modernity. Read More…
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David advocates for the restoration of Marxist and social class methods for criticizing world capitalization. On the other end, scholars associate Francis with the rise of neo-conservatism in the US and the world. Despite their contributions, both of them have one problem in common: failing or omitting to address ecology and politics (Harvey 40). Read More…
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Staple commodities were used primarily to relieve poverty and suffering, but as a byproduct, they also acted a lever to encourage cultural and political change. Some would argue that the result was that the so-called “charity” was little more than a bribe to persuade people to accept the beliefs and values of what was ultimately a colonialist power. Read More…
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Sankaran Krishna teaches political science at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu. He has a good grasp of the ground realities that have irreversibly changed the economy of countries in the post-colonization era and that change is continuing in geometrical progression to the detriment of the developed countries Read More…
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Sociologists evaluate social occurrences at different levels and from different standpoints. Interpretations and generalizations are based on the micro level analysis, or the study of specific events or small social pattern, and on the macro level, or the analysis of large social patterns. Read More…
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Globalization resulted in widening markets and complicating economic structures and present political states have to adjust themselves to respond to the consequences of the changes. Globalization has its own economic and political rules and as it spreads across borders, it takes along with it these structures imposing themselves upon states embracing globalization. Read More…
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The challenge is to understand the conventional aspects of place, identity and culture as it is altered by globalisation and homogenisation. The regional changes occur as the global world commercialises and alters the views of the society, thus the local Read More…
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In the age of globalization, the knowledge economy discourse has become a way to characterize the new relationships between the state, society and economy and rendered higher education increasingly important for the international competitiveness of the nation-states through their central tasks of generation, application and dissemination of knowledge. Read More…
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Many theories have been developed regarding the reasons behind the cooperation of states; most of these theories are related with specific Read More…
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Baum, Frese, and Baron (2007) note that past conceptions of entrepreneurial personality research have always attempted identified a positive correlative connection between creativity and success. That is, “Many personality advocates assume that there are linear relationships between this personality variable and success (or performance).   Read More…
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The Chinese restaurant presents a neat and clean dining place, though the same serves as a symbol of globalization for a sociologist, which presents the Chinese cuisine and culture through it. Moreover, the presence of an Arab woman in a veil represents the Islamic civilization had been in vogue for the last fourteen centuries. Read More…
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Baum, Frese, and Baron (2007) note that past conceptions of entrepreneurial personality research have always attempted to identify a positive correlative connection between creativity and success. That is, “Many personality advocates assume that there are linear relationships between this personality variable and success (or performance). Read More…
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Some societies have had an early orientation to religion classes, especially in areas where religious orientations are strongly ingrained. For instance, “four out of five private schools are run by religious groups. In these schools, religious instruction is part of the curriculum, which also includes traditional academic courses. Religious instruction is not provided in public schools”. Read More…
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In a different approach, changes through modernity have come to change some vital intimate and personal characteristics of people’s day to day existence. With modernity in place, the society is no longer the same as sociologists used to think; a unified and perfectly bound unit, totality generating itself through changes in evolution that come from within. Read More…
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The notion of urbanization is practically translated into development of less developed areas into more advanced ones with the passage of time (Parnell pp. 350). The importance of corporate activities is more than valuable in this regard. The localities tend to have a competitive advantage in the form of an industry. Read More…
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The notion that Australians today live in a time that is characterized by endless modifications has become a cliché. In fact, the permanence of these modifications has been acknowledged among social theorists. It is certain that political reforms started a permanent procedure of revolution in modern societies. This manifestation of change has been described using the word globalization. Read More…
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Evolution in the supply of commercial real estate: the emergence of a new relationship between suppliers and occupiers of real estate; Global players and the reshaping of local property markets: global pressures and local reactions; Developing interests: environmental innovation and the social organisation of the property business; Read More…
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