The Use Of Communication Skills To Fight Delinquency
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The importance of effective communication in combating delinquency is discussed in this 25 page paper. The problem of delinquency is explained along with the reasons for its existence. Various cultures around the world are looked at for insight on how to solve this pervasive problem in American society. The continuum concept is included as well. Detailed solutions are noted, inclusive of verbal and nonverbal techniques of communication which may be utilized by parents for various age groups. Bibliography lists 22 sources.
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Sociological Aspects of 3rd World Poverty
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A 10 page paper on how the world in light of shared technology and new democracies has caused alarm for peoples in third world countries, whose natural and human resources have been utilized in the past by first world countries to maintain economic superiority. This has special significance to countries with widely dispersed forms of government and large uneducated populaces. Many sociological theories behind poverty and its relationship to capitalism/nationalism are being debated in light of efforts by third world countries, including older theories, such as dependency, and newer theories based in theological, historiographical and entrepreneurial relationships to the sociological question. FREE outline included, Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: 3rdwpov.rtf

Children Of The Vietnam War -- Confusion & Social Chaos
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It is well-documented that the Vietnam war left many veterans in a deterioriated mental condition. But what is less frequently discussed is the depressed lifestyles of children -- those born of American soldiers who had sex with Vietnam women as rape or otherwise. Many of these children live in the United States today.. Some have even attempted to find their fathers.. The behavior patterns of these youths reflects their war torn heritage and this 6 page essay examines this concept as well as its effects on the parent - veteran (i.e., post-traumatic stress disorder, etc.;). Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Vietchil.doc

Socio - Political Theories Behind The Cuban Missile Crisis & Vietnam
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Social and political theories attempt to explain motivations behind executive decision making in this 10 page paper. Highlighted are the decisions reached by President John F. Kennedy during the 1960's in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Complexities of Violence Mandate Complex Solutions
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A 4.5 page paper examining the complexities in analyzing mass murders in the last 18 months. Solutions and programs concerning youth (18 and under) are emphasized. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BBviolen.rtf

Some Reflections Upon Marriage
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5 pages in length. The concept that men are entitled to inherent privileges in marriage, while women have to earn their place in the same state of matrimony, is the clear implication in Mary Astell's "Some Reflections Upon Marriage." Asserting feminist views about the vast differences between the roles men and women play in relationships, Astell contends that the fairer sex has routinely been victimized by society merely because of gender; that women are lesser human beings in any respect is a concept foreign to the author's forward thinking structure. The writer discusses the concepts of marriage, roles and feminism as they relate to the essay. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Refmar.doc

Literacy and its Relationship with Family Economics
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This 4 page report discusses the basic premise that literacy levels within a family or household indicate the economic and social success of the child within it. Examine the statistics that show that in the United States, 13.1 percent of the people live in poverty, and of that percentage, over half are women - 56.2 percent and 27.8 percent of children under 5 live in poverty, a clear connection between literacy, economics and the family household begins to present itself. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Conventionality and Freedom in Lessing's 'To Room Nineteen'
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A 5 page paper looking at this compelling story by Doris Lessing. The paper discusses the protagonist's difficulty in separating her emotional needs from her culture's expectations of women's roles. No additional sources.
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Culture in Lessing's 'The Summer After the Dark'
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A 12 page paper on Doris Lessing's 1973 novel, using it as a point of departure to discuss women's cultural roles in contemporary Western society. Insights from Turner's British Cultural Studies, An Introduction; Adam and Allan's Theorizing Culture: An Interdisciplinary Critique After Postmodernism; and John Storey's What is Cultural Studies: A Reader as well as five other critical sources are used to help explain the protagonist's complex behavior. Bibliography lists nine sources.
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Doris Lessing's 'To Room Nineteen' / Use of Setting & Color
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Doris Lessing's story 'To Room Nineteen' is a story about the repression of the human spirit and seeming unending emptiness and personal alienation that come as a result of social, cultural and even ethnic divisions. Susan Rawling, Lessing's main character, vacillates between sanity and insanity, and her struggle to escape the accompanying alienation comes through a view of her surroundings. This 2 page considers this argument by considering the action in Lessing's work. No additional sources cited.
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Feminist Literary Criticism: Feminist Critical Theory
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6 pages in length. To say that women have had to fight for their existence within the literary world would be a gross understatement. Indeed, the road to self-expression through the written word has been paved with patriarchal intolerance and characteristic skepticism. That women have been forced to prove their worthiness within the stringent boundaries of a male-dominated existence speaks volumes about the inherent fortitude that comprises the female spirit. The writer discusses feminist critical theory as it relates to women writers, focusing upon a story by Doris Lessing. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Obedience To Authority / Dangers
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A 5 page essay exploring the different premises of four different essays by Lessing, Fromm, Milgram and Zimbardo. At what point does obedience become a danger -- is the central question. Comments from each of the writers are included with specific examples from the Yale and Stanford studies being cited.
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Child Labor & Prostitution In The Philippines
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Poverty is blamed for child labor and prostitution in this 10 page paper that focuses on the Philippines. The culture is examined in an attempt to explain the disturbing phenomenon of child abuse which exists in the country. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Childlab.doc

Child Labor Throughout The World
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This 5 page report discusses the exploitation of children around the world, especially in India, Pakistan, and South America, as a source of cheap and compliant labor. Governments, businesses, and individual consumers have an obligation to do what they can to bring a halt to the exploitation of children throughout the world. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Child Labor Throughout the World
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This 11 page report discusses the exploitation of children around the world, especially in Third World nations, as a source of cheap and compliant labor. Governments, businesses, and individual consumers have an obligation to do what they can to bring a halt to the exploitation of children throughout the world. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Clworld.wps

Child Prostitution & Pornography : The Failure of Other Governments and The Hypocrisy of Ours
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Approximately 8 pages worth of discussion related to child pornography under the context suggested in the paper's title. No bibliography available.
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The Individual and the State
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This 5 page paper explores the concept of preference to individual desires and needs as opposed to the state's through the eyes of Adam Smith and Karl Marx. The Enlightenment, American Revolution and French Revolution are seen as influential in terms of a shift in thought about individuality. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA015Ind.rtf

Are the Poor Lazy?
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This 6 page paper provides an argument that says that the poor deserve their plights because they are lazy. Theories of Marx, Aristotle and Locke are used to support the thesis. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA016lzy.rtf

Divorce / Christian vs Marxist Views
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A 7 page paper that discusses Marxist and Christian views of divorce and the family. Specifically, the essay addresses the question of which of these two theories should be used to resolve the conflict surrounding divorce. The writer concludes that the Christian theory will resolve the conflict more effectively and offers support for this conclusion. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PGdivorce.rtf

Engels & Marx -- 'The Communist Manifesto'
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This 8 page paper looks at the document published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels about 150 years ago in light of capitalist society today. No additional sources are cited.
Filename: Manifest.wps

Engels & Marx -- 'The Communist Manifesto' / Alienation in Capitalist Society
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This 5 page paper relies on Marx and Engel's Communist Manifesto in explaining the sociological concept. Many examples of alienation in contemporary society are provided which serves to support a thesis that alienation is alive and well in the world today. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Engels & Marx -- 'The Communist Manifesto' / Nazi Communism
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A 7 page paper that discusses Marx's Communist Manifesto. Also goes over Hitler's power in Germany. It determines what communism truly is. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Nazicom.wps

Engels & Marx -- 'The Communist Manifesto' / The Individual
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A 5 page essay that offers a summary of the Manifesto, the purpose of the document, a brief explanation of specific terms included as they relate to the current essay. The focus of this essay is the Manifesto's comments on the individual, specifically how the individual proletarian is oppressed by different segments of the bourgeoisie. The essay concludes with the importance of the individual in a democratic environment. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Manif.wps

Engels & Marx / The Communist Manifesto - Controversy
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A 15 page overview of the controversy surrounding the interpretations of the 'Communist Manifesto'. Stresses that the various Western European revolutions which occurred in 1848 did have a common political program but that this program was not the overthrow of capitalism but instead the establishment of unified liberal or constitutional sates in which civil equality was given high importance. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Manicom.wps

Engels' & Marx 'Communist Manifesto' / Dialectic Determinism
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An 8 page paper discussing the theory of dialecic determinism of Karl Marx as expressed in the Communist Manifesto and other works Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Marxism.rtf

Engels' & Marx 'Communist Manifesto' / Explication
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An 8 page explication of Marx & Engels' infamous 'Communist Manifesto' in which the writer defines the classes discussed, elaborates key terminology, and then presents examples of how true Marx & Engels' predictions have become in the modern U.S. (i.e., low-income housing projects as an example of 'the abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes' etc;) Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Marxcomm.wps

F.H. Bradley & Karl Marx / Self-Realization Views Compared
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This 9 page research paper examines the nature of self-realization according to British philosopher Francis H. Bradley and German philosopher Karl Marx. Specifically discussed are their opposing theories of idealism and dialectical materialism as described in their major works, Appearance and Reality, Ethical Studies and The Communist Manifesto. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Bradmarx.wps

Ideology & Morality In Marx
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A 9 page paper examining Marx's statement that morality is a form of ideology. The paper uses Marx's own writings as well as secondary sources, and concludes that Marx was not advocating behavioral anarchy, simply a recognition that we, not God, make the rules that govern our behavior, and that we need to do so based on current circumstances and community need. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Karl Marx & Historical Materialism
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The Marxian concept is examined with numerous examples from contemporary society in this 5 page analysis. Emphasis is placed on class conflict, alienation and bureaucracy and how all of these are interrelated. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Karl Marx & Social Reform
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A 6 page paper discussing the theories of Karl Marx, Martin Luther King, Simone de Beauvoir, and Nancy Chodorow of discrimination as it relates to class, race, and gender. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Karl Marx & The Individual
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A 30 page research paper which takes a unique perspective on examining the work of Karl Marx. This paper addresses the question as to whether or not Marx departed from his humanistic leanings evident in his early work by the time his more mature work was published. The writer argues that Marx's views evolved, but he not abandon his earlier views. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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Karl Marx / An Overview
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A 7 page paper giving a critical assessment of Marx's works. The writer examines Marx's theories, including his contributions to economics and social philosophy. Bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: Karlmarx.wps

Karl Marx / Concept of Alienation
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5 pages in length. Using works of Marx himself as well as critiques by others, the writer of this essay examines views of labor, time, social value, etc; in an attempt to analytically explain Marx's concept of 'Alienation.' Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Karl Marx / Discrediting His Predictions
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A 5 page paper discussing Karl Marx and how modern history and historians discredit his predictions for the development of the revolution throughout the world. Bibliography lists five sources.
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Karl Marx vs. Edmund Burke on Human Nature
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The subject is viewed through the eyes of Edmund Burke and Karl Marx in this 6 page paper. The ideas of these men are compared and contrasted. Subjects included in the discussion are religion, morality, man's work ethic, political ideology, communism, Hegelism and acceptance versus revolution. Examples in contemporary society are given to illustrate each theorist's view. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Naturhum.wps

Karl Marx's 'On The Jewish Question' / A Question of Equality
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A 7 page paper discussing a comparison of Karl Marx' views in his essay, On the Jewish Question to books by Patricia Williams and Michael Warner. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Karl Marx's Ideas About the Productive Worker
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A 3 page essay in which the theories of Marx are explained regarding labor, forces of production, and the role of Capitalism. The writer concludes that Karl Marx was -- however sadly -- accurate with respect to many of his relevant predictions. Bibliography lists 6 sources (all by Marx).
Filename: Marxphil.RTF

Major Sociological Theories
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Several sociological theories are discussed in relationship to specific provocative book excerpts in this 8 page analysis. The discussion uses theories from Weber, Marx, and Becker, among others in discussing several contemporary issues that plague modern society. Among the issues addressed are media influence, the family and social deviance. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Marx & Engels
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The two theorists are compared and contrasted in this 5 page overview. A discussion on the difficulty of differentiating the common thought of this pair is included. Attempts are made to note subtle differences between the two, including personality traits. Concepts such as Hegelism, Marxism and communism are part of the analysis. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Englmarx.wps

Marx and Friedman / Opposing Views on Capitalism
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A 6 page research paper on Karl Marx and Milton Friedman's views of capitalism and the best political interests of the common man. The writer details the general contents of the Communist Manifesto, and Capitalism and Freedom, and compares and contrasts them. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Marx's Capital (Chapter Summaries)
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This 6 page paper summarizes Karl Marx's Capital Volume One, Chapters 4 through 9. In these chapters, the author discusses issues related to the transformation of money into capital, production and labor. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA012Cap.rtf

Marxism and Modernity
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Marxism and its place in the postmodern era is examined in this 4 page essay. The paper concludes that although many have thrown the concept out since the advent of modernity, Marxism is still a viable philosophy. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Marxist Theories
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Capitalism is viewed through Karl Marx's eyes in this 5 page analysis. Various theories, particularly those that relate to historical materialism, are discussed in light of Marx's predictions. Current events are also provided in order to effectively analyze Marx's utopian promise. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Mxcap.doc

The Early Letters Of Karl Marx
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A 5 page paper showing how Marx's letters written in 1843 foreshadowed the political and economic theories he would eventually publish in the Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital. These letters are analyzed together with some brief background about the political times in which Marx lived to paint a fuller picture of the development of this seminal philosopher's thought. Bibliography lists only the one book.
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The Upper Class As A Governing Class # 2
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Adolf Berle's theory that major corporations are run by upper middle class managers is explored in this 7 page paper. Other theorists are included such as Marx, Engels, Weber, Domhoff and Kahl. An analysis of the concept of housing class is included as well as the role which corporate takeovers play in terms of control. After careful consideration, the conclusion that the elite control corporate America is reached. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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