Essays on Social Mobility

Introduction 4

Literature Review 7

Results and Discussion 13 Conclusion and Recommendations 14

References 15

Appendixes 18 Introduction France has been debated on their expatriates’ citizen lately due to the expansion of expat workers. It is seen negatively as some politics state that it is a “lose of brains” for the country because of the crisis and fiscal pressure of the government (Biacabe & Robert, 2014). The French system is often criticized due to the high risk that entrepreneurs are facing when they open their business in France. For instance, as Jean Tirole who awarded the Nobel Prize in economic, explained the French labour ...

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The Gangster Movie: Questions and Answers

1. VIDEO CLIP 1: Identify two classical conventions of gangster genre (e.g. theme, plot device, character type, and/or stylistic device) present in this image and briefly explain the significance of each one. (2 points) The two classical conventions of Gangster Genre present in the first video are theme and character type. The theme that is being explored in the video clip is the immigrant criminal, who has been left to die in humiliation and as a comic, as required by the Production Code Administration (PCA). The character type is the gangster, who has dark, ethnic ...

It is important to first examine the question on the value or importance of a college degree from a financial standpoint. Student debt continues to rise as tuition rates have increased to over 400 percent between the years 1982-2007 (London 361). Without adequate financial support or planning, for many individuals college may lead to overwhelming debt that will not be justified by the jobs that they will obtain. Too often students are graduating college only to find themselves employed in positions that did not require a college degree, yet the student loan payments remain a burden that cannot be ...

PART 1 – IDENTIFICATIONS (25 pts)

Define and explain in 2-4 sentences the importance for hip-hop culture of FIVE of the following identifications: Hip-hop music has its origins in the 1970s from South Bronx. Over the years, it has grown into rap music and even further to hip hop culture. Hip hop culture all over the world has incorporated various aspects in the society like technology, fashion, racism, art, and urban life among others. Multiple identifications in hip hop play a vital role in its culture. For example, sampling is the use of a song portion in another song either as a sound recording or ...

Introduction

The United States is one of the most developed countries, but it is also one of the countries with the highest level of income inequality. According to research, more than half of the nation’s income goes to only 5% of the population, while the remaining half is shared by the 95%. One way of measuring a nation’s income inequality is through the Gini coefficient. The Gini coefficient measures income inequality on a scale of 0 to 1 wherein 0 corresponds to total equality; a scenario wherein everyone is earning the same amount while 1 corresponds to total ...

A Summary of

The reviews on Africa’s solar based enterprises are quite recent and cover a majority of related topics. He has reviewed the factors that provided an impetus to solar power based enterprises and the existing opportunities. However, the need for some more reviews on the reasons addressing slow development in the field is evident. Nevertheless, it is successful in drawing the readers’ attention on the gaps existing in the current review of scholarly works. The three basic research questions raised in the study clearly underline its problems and the purpose. Through these questions the author seeks to address the ...

Legalize Drugs

Legalization of drugs is a topic that continues to be hotly debated as a possible solution to reduce crime and save tax payer dollars that are tied up in drug enforcement agencies. Drug-related crime is one of the most expensive things facing the United States citizens; from the perspective of those who are involved in drug use and sales, to the tax payers whose money is given to the agencies that exist to deal with all drug-related criminal offenses. Nevertheless, there are some for legalizing all drugs; however, there are those who believe this would be a disaster for ...

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Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Negative Health Outcomes:

A Specific Look at Heart Disease and Diabetes in Americans Introduction The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have identified heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States . Just as concerning is the rising epidemic of diabetes as the seventh leading cause of death among Americans, and the recognition of heart disease as one of the major complications and potentially fatal co-occurring illnesses of people with type 2 diabetes. Because malnutrition is a commonality between the increase of diabetes and fatal heart disease, research suggests that changing the dietary and physical ...

INEQUALITY IN BRITAIN

Introduction Social stratification is about the different social classes and relative positions of social groups within a given country or community. In most societies, it has to do with the level of wealth each social category yields, but there are several concepts and theories that relates to it. This includes level of education, norms, social activities and preferences as well as the expectations society places on certain people within each class which leads to taste and the formation of identities. As a result of this, there is the famous “Top 1%”, the upper class, the upper-middle, the middle class, ...

Legalization of drugs is a topic that continues to be hotly debated as a possible solution to reduce crime and save tax payer dollars that are tied up in drug enforcement agencies. Drugs related crime is one of the most expensive obstacles facing the United States citizens; from the perspective of those who are involved in drug use and sales, to the tax payers whose money is allocated to the agencies that exist to deal with all drug-related criminal offenses. A possible solution to curtail the social and financial problems that exist as a result of drug sales, use, ...

Assess The View That The Main Function Of The Education System Is To Reproduce And Legitimise Social Inequality

Marxist theories of education rely upon the notion that the education system systematically reproduces the social and cultural values that lead to the privileging of one social class over another. For Marxists, social inequality is the core of capitalism. As Anyon (2011, p. 7) suggests, capitalism is “an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production.” Moreover, capitalism cannot function unless these social inequalities exist. According to Marxism, the education system perpetuates these inequalities by creating a set of standards which do not have a neutral ideological formation. Regardless of geographic location and emphasis on cultural, ...

Higher education has impacted the middle class by opening doors to more employment opportunities, which in turn has allowed many of the middle class to move up into higher income brackets. One of the downturns of higher education, however, is that more middle class Americans are finding themselves in non-dischargeable debt. Overall, the expansion of higher education has been a boon for the American middle class by giving them access to more resources, though at a price. More than at any other point in history, people are going to college to obtain higher-education credentials. This has broadened the professional ...

Segregation is something that has literally separated people throughout history and as the world moves towards a more global and diverse model, the spread of anti-segregation initiatives follow. In a country as developed as the United States of America, and one that has led the way in stifling racial tensions since the Civil Rights Movements of the 1970’s, it seems absurd to think that in today’s racially and ethnically diverse society that these are still problems with segregation. The fact is, not only does segregation exist around the world in less developed countries, but it is something ...

Whose Culture is Capital?

The purpose of the Yosso article is to depict the society of people of color as a place full of cultural wealth where cultural knowledge, skills, abilities and contacts are in abundance. Various forms of capital are nurtured through cultural wealth (Yosso 69). However, I will be looking at aspirational and social capital. The most significant point I have learnt from the Yosso article is that a call is being made to the people of color to help get rid of discriminative theories about their culture and experiences (Yosso 70). This point is very significant because it depicts the ...

Introduction

Paid Crowd Work: An Overview Definitions: Crowd Work, Requesters. Examples: general purpose vs. specialized marketplaces Pros v. Cons of Globalized Workforce Pros: Economic and Social Mobility, Flexibility, geographically distributed workforce Cons: Dead-end jobs, low wages Future of Crowd Work Establish Career Ladders Improved Task Design Facilitated Learning Conclusion Introduction Over the last decade, paid, online crowd work (defined as a work platform that distributes work tasks between a crowd of workers, who receive financial compensation upon the successful completion of each task they perform in accordance with the task requirements specified by an individual, group or organization) has quickly ...

OVERVIEW

The two theorists we chose for our research are Robert K. Merton and Peter Blau. Two famous American sociologists of XX century. Their theories will be applied to the article named Should we worry about gene editing which apparently exposes the author`s opinion upon the new biological researches and the ability of biologists to influence our body artificially. The credibility of an article is proved by the fact that the author of the article is Robert Klitzman, a renown professor of psychology at Columbia University. There are several ways of approaching the problem, but first of all, we ...

Introduction

The aim of any government and society is to promote life where people have fair chances of succeeding depending on their work and adherence to the law. Any society is primarily created to uphold peoples’ life, liberty, and to facilitate their pursuit of happiness. In America, social inequality is predominant and has led to perpetual social stratification and mobility, resulting in erosion of living standards of the people. This paper will discuss and analyze social stratification and mobility in the United States in relation to poverty, race, gender, and education and how they determine individuals’ belonging to a particular ...

Introduction

Gender disparity is a common element in any society coupled with controversy and extensive debate due to the biological differences between men and women (Ridgeway, 2011, p.62). Are men and women equal despite these obvious differences? This is the major question posed by society in relation to gender equality. However, the dimensions of gender inequality offer valuable information in understanding this issue and identifying areas that require urgent attention. Social inequality is apparent in almost every society. Throughout many decades, women have been struggling to be equal to men. The purpose of this paper is to explore the inequalities ...

Social stratification is the differentiation of some given set of people (population) into classes in a hierarchical rank. Its foundation and essence is the uneven distribution of rights and privileges, responsibilities and duties, the presence or absence of social values, power and influence among the members of a particular community. (Barber, 1957) Any sociological approaches provide a thorough study of social stratification from different perspectives, focusing on certain criteria, which are a source of social inequality. Functional approach examines the social division of labor, as the initial emergence of social inequality. For example, functionalists K. Davis and W. Moore ...

Education has done little to improve social mobility. To what extent does this statement provide an accurate reflection of the role of education in contemporary Britain?

Introduction

The impact of education on equal opportunities and social mobility has been an important concern thoroughly explored in the field of sociology. An early British sociologist of education, Olive Banks, systematically tackled the issue of how an educational institution that establish hierarchy in schools in accordance to a hierarchical labour market could bring about 'parity of prestige' or, in simple term, equal opportunity (Irvin, 2008). There are conclusive sociological findings which reveal how ...