People Living Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

The Poverty Cycle: The Case of the Philippines

The Philippines is considered a developing country whose stand in the world has been greatly affected by politics. The country has seen through turbulent years and is one of the bottom countries in Southeast Asia, although previously, its economy has been on the top. The rising number of people living below the poverty line in the country is one of the major concerns of the government. Comparing the number of people living below the poverty line in the country with a developed country like the United States, it can be seen that the Philippines a great number of its citizens below the ...

Most governments all over the world have social policies that help support and overcome the weaknesses of the major social organizations of the nation, especially the disabled, the youth and the elderly. When it come to the quality of life of senior people, some aspects comes into play. These are health status, income security, education and employment and, the perception of older people to social connectedness.
According to statistics, the Canadian population is rapidly aging. Older people makeup a rapidly growing population and, this trend is expected to go on for some time since there is improved life expectancy ...

The movie ‘Crash’ is an Oscar winning movie directed by Paul Haggis and released in year 2004. The movie received an overwhelming response and praise from the different types of viewers. Crash clearly depictsthe true image of life of people living in metropolitan city. The movie is a drama based on race and gender and their impact on lives of people living in Los Angeles. The movie presents some hard realities of our society that are rare to see in any movie. Race not only increase awareness of people on social issues such as race and gender but also encourage ...

Jane Jacob wrote the book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities in 1961 at a time when most of the American cities were overwhelmed with immense development projects. The book provides Jacob’s opinion on what makes these cities work as well as a critique of modern planning theory. This book can be considered to bear dual significance. While on one end the book is specific in offering critique of the urban planning, it is general since it lies in the degree to which Jacob calls into question the concepts of central planning and bureaucratic expertise concepts. Specifically on ...

Abstract

Grouping of populations and cultures can be extremely helpful in studying how people behave, react, and basically in everything related to sociology and psychology. The sociocultural classification pioneered by Geert Hofstede has been a very useful tool for researchers, students, and basically everyone who want to learn more about the sociocultural aspect of a certain country. However, there is this one issue about the way how the countries are grouped, particularly the Arab countries Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. These are individual countries grouped as the Arab Word. The paper delves into the validity of this decision by reviewing ...