An Analysis of Rational Choice Theory
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A 5 page research paper on the theory and its application in the social sciences. The writer details the points of the theory and the criticisms leveled against it, as well as its usefulness. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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An Analysis of the Oklahoma City Bombing
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This 5 page paper looks at the motives of Timothy McVeigh and evaluates the horrific event. Conflict theory is defined and used in the evaluation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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An Essay on Alienation
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This 4 page paper looks at Marx's concept of alienation as well as how some other sociologists see things. Durkheim's anomie is also explored and anomie is compared and contrasted with the concept of alienation. No bibliography.
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An Example of Referent Power
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This type of power is defined and explored in this 4 page paper. The example used is an article about Barack Obama. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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An Explanation of Systems and Cultures
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This 5 page paper looks at systems theory and definitions of culture. Talcott Parsons's explanation of systems is provided. The concepts are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA118sys.doc

An Overview of a Series of Lectures in Sociology by the Noted Scholar Theodore W. Adorno
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A 17 page review of a series of lectures presented in 1968. This paper summarizes the main points of this series lecture by lecture emphasizing the interconnection between sociology, all its related subclassifications, and other disciplines. No additional sources are listed.
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An Overview of Darwinism, Social Darwinism, and Industrial Progress
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A 6 page paper which examines the concepts of Darwinism and Social Darwinism in terms of how they relate to industrial progress. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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An Overview of Reckless and Kaplan's Theories
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This 7 page paper looks at how each of the authors developed theories on deviance. Kaplan's focus on self-derogation and self-esteem are duly noted and Reckless's containment theory is outlined. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Analysis of Emile Durkheim’s “Suicide: A Study in Sociology” Using Primary and Secondary Sources
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This is a 10 page paper discussing Emile Durkheim’s text “Suicide: A Study in Sociology”. Emile Durkheim’s text “Suicide: A Study in Sociology” (1897) was considered one of the first studies in the social sciences which used a purely scientific and methodological approach to study a social phenomenon. Suicide, for the large part, previously was considered an individual act focused upon mainly by psychologists. Durkheim however related the individual act of suicide to the cohesiveness or imbalance within society. According to Durkheim, during the age of industrialization throughout the 1800s, the incidence of suicides increased as a result of the demise of the traditional social institutions such as the church and social guilds which could not be replaced by the goals of wealth and the division of labor. Suicides were the result of an imbalance of two major social forces: social integration and moral regulation. Durkheim’s focus on the influence of social forces on the individual was highly controversial during his time as it undermined the concepts of “free will and individual moral agency”. Nevertheless, Durkheim managed to establish sociology and the social sciences as one of the major areas of study within France and his theories and methods are still considered significant in contemporary sociology, more than a century later. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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