Analysis of General Motors v. Romein
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This 10 page paper looks at the Supreme Court decision concerning a workers' compensation case. The case is analyzed sociologically through the eyes of Marx and Durkheim. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA219GM.rtf

Analysis of Systems Theory in Nursing
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This 7 page paper evaluates systems theory based upon a model found in Chinn & Kramer's Theory of Nursing. Parsons's systems model is discussed in depth. Various elements of the theory are discussed and several examples are provided. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA141sys.rtf

Analysis of Terrorism: Dramaturgial Perspective/Risk Society
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This is a 3 page paper which analyses the phenomenon of terrorism from two theoretical perspectives - the dramaturgial perspective and the theory of risk society. The bibliography has 3 sources.
Filename: JHDram.rtf

Analysis of “The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life” by Erving Goffman
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A 5 page paper which presents thoughts and reactions to the innovative sociologist’s landmark 1959 text. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGegself.rtf

Analyzing Violence in Philadelphia
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A 7 page research paper that uses as its primary source the study of inner-city Philadelphia performed by Elijah Anderson for his book Code of the Street. The writer discusses how well Anderson's analysis fits the parameters of social disorganization theory. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: khcode.wps

Anomie Theory of Delinquency and Juvenile Delinquency
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A 3 page paper which examines how the anomie theory of delinquency relates to juvenile delinquency. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAanoyy.rtf

Anthony Giddens’ Response to Emile Durkheim’s “Suicide”
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This is a 6 page paper discussing Giddens’ response to Durkheim’s suicide. Anthony Giddens is a modern day sociologist who has proposed a new theory of “structuration” which he considers as his “concern to develop an ontological framework for the study of human social activities”. In doing this, Giddens offers a more expansive and open method in the study of society and institutions in which he hopes will offer an alternative to many of the traditional sociological methods used. Emile Durkheim in his study on “Suicide” provided one of the first systematic presentations of suicide as a sociological phenomenon. Consistent with the functionalist theories however, Durkheim offered three definitions of suicide, egoistic, altruistic and anomic, which were all functional aspects of society. Giddens believed that the functionalist argument could not possibly account for the various factors influencing suicide and within his argument and general dismisses much of Durkheim’s definitions. He also presents other misunderstandings and controversies which surrounded Durkheim’s study on suicide which somewhat validate his claim that the functionalist perspective is not complete in its relation to the discussion of suicide. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TJGidde1.rtf

Applying Erikson’s Life Stage Model
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A 7 page paper providing an interview with an elderly lady and applying Erikson’s life stage model to the woman’s teen years. Erikson’s assessment of the development that takes place during the teen years appears to describe precisely the path of this woman’s progress during that stage of her life. The lessons learned then - whether good or bad according to social views that existed 70 years later – remained with her even then. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSsocErikson.rtf

Applying Popper to Educational Research
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A 5 page paper applying Karl Popper’s approach to the scientific method to educational research. There is a wealth of research in education, much of it virtually worthless. For decades, it seemed that researchers turned to qualitative methods only when they could not fit hypotheses into quantitative approaches, and qualitative studies frequently were not designed well with reference to validity and reliability. The result was that method purists often regarded qualitative educational research as less than “real” science. Today’s educational research is designed much better than in the past. It still could benefit from the application of Karl Popper’s approach to the scientific method, however, which approaches validity and theory verification from a different perspective. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: KSeduResPop.rtf