Essays Tagged: "social implications"

The Future or Work

technology, robotics, electronic miniaturisation, digitisation and information technology with its social implications for human values and the future of work. It will argue that we have entered post ... ntered post modernity or post Fordism, a new age technological revolution, which profoundly effects social structure and values. Some issues that will be addressed are: elimination of work in the trad ...

(17 pages) 563 0 3.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Aids

of AIDS in the late seventies and early eighties, the disease has had attached to it a significant social stigma. This stigma has manifested itself in the form of discrimination, avoidance and fear o ... the form of discrimination, avoidance and fear of people living with AIDS (PLWAs). As a result, the social implications of the disease have been extended from those of other life threatening condition ...

(7 pages) 92 1 3.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Social Polices 1234

Social Policies are concerned with various issues, but for the benefit of this essay I shall be conc ... arket liberalism with regards to unemployment it is important to first take into consideration the "social reformist" approach to unemployment in order to consider the strengths and weaknesses of mark ... als, others often initially enquire us as to what we do for a living. Employment is a major part of social society. We often complain about the fact that we have to work, and at times suggesting that ...

(8 pages) 141 2 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Analysis of documentary: Behind Lab Doors. Discovers how doc reflects cultural and social beliefs of today and the techniques used to position the Audience.

Cutting Edge: Behind lab doors is a documentary that explores the cultural and social implications of animal testing. Though the aim is to convince the audience that Animals have ... al testing. This is what the audience is left with, and so it is what they believe.The cultural and social issues confronted in the film are few, but they are important. Some questions raised are: "Ho ...

(3 pages) 106 1 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

The russia environment.

of world politics that the process of Russian economic reform will have wide-ranging political and social implications.Now Russia is going to become one of the members of the World Trade Organization ... ernment adopted in socio-economic reforms on July 2000. The main focal points are the reform of the social, health and education sectors, and the improvement of the business and investment climate. Fo ...

(12 pages) 251 0 4.1 May/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

A report on the legalization of embryonic brain stem research.

nts and opinions. The Church has its own opinion about this topic, and there are also moral issues, social implications, legal issues, and political issues that need to be looked at in order to gain a ... t his next campaign. Political issues concerning embryonic stem cell research are important, as are social implications.Society has many different opinions on embryonic brain stem cell research. Some ...

(4 pages) 70 0 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biotechnology

Why were later 19th century social thinkers attracted to the idea of 'evolution'?

The idea of evolution had two broad attractions for social thinkers, one concerning its intellectual history, and the other concerning the political and ... a way to 'find its feet', while lending the factually-based credibility of the natural sciences to social science. As for the specific conclusions which social thinkers drew from the concept of 'evol ... from the concept of 'evolution', the biological conclusions of Darwin were used - in the guise of 'Social Darwinism' - to justify both empire-building and a lack of provision for the poor.It is worth ...

(8 pages) 113 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Remains of the Day" -- What is the novel ultimately about? A review of the book reviews for this novel reveals differing opinions on the character of Stevens.

im we learn about the strictly-regimented life of the English servant class, and the almost cultish social implications associated with holding the position in a household which Stevens has acquired.J ... father's impossibly formal performance of duties. Stevens wishes to emulate this frighteningly anti-social behavior so strongly that he sacrifices even his own relationship with his idolized father to ...

(7 pages) 53 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The fall of the roman empire

ken as the final fall of the Roman Empire in Western Europe. What are the political, economical and social implications of this event, and to what extent does it constitute a true turning-point in his ... on of all: none of the changes I described made any real difference to the average poor family. The social effects of the political and economic changes were limited. It was not until much later - per ...

(9 pages) 214 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

It is primarily through identification through social groups that we define ourselves.

As primarily social animals, human beings naturally seek out different groups to which they feel they have a cert ... f belonging. But there are two different aspects of this issue involved: identifying oneself with a social group for its social implications and identifying oneself with a social group for internal ne ... between the two sides of one's personality that is usually displayed between the different types of social groups with which an individual may identify oneself.Self-definition can either be honest or ...

(3 pages) 111 0 1.0 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Brown v. Board of Education

ngress and they make some of the most important decisions. These issues have political, civil, and social implications that can affect nearly every citizen of the United States. At the end of the Ni ... ited States. At the end of the Nineteenth Century, public opinion with concern to African American social equality was based on the color of one's skin. Blacks recognized that they were treated as a ...

(3 pages) 66 0 4.3 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Indigenous Races and "The Attraction of Boxing"

ill try to explain the rationality for these questions. Also I will try to point out the variety of social implications, which are having a great influence in the role of this current issue. If so has ... ealism and culture, as there own sperate communities withstand the undoubtedly the great racial and social discriminations. Although black athletes only seem to excel in certain sports such as boxing ...

(6 pages) 39 1 4.4 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Greek Law

tablished, it became an integral component of other areas of life, branching out into political and social implications.SumerianThe earliest human legal systems were almost universally forms of lex ta ... htm.Pomeroy, S. B., Burstein, S. M., Donlan, W., Roberts, J. T. (1999) Ancient greece: A political, social, and cultural history. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press.Rhodes, H. A. (2004). The at ...

(6 pages) 46 0 3.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays

An examination of the current management practices adopted in the park, considering the issues and how they impact on Noosa National Park, impacts on econimcal, environmental, social.

to determine how to best sustain the park for further future use. Using environmental, economic and social implications to determine an appropriate cause of action and choosing a management plan that ... becomes unmanageable and no long visitable. Using the three criteria of environmental, economic and social implications, a best option management plan will be selected to help further the sustainabili ...

(3 pages) 25 0 4.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Karl Popper and Falsification.

f the World War I. He left school at sixteen and soon found himself captivated with Marxism and its social implications. He turned away from Marxism however when he saw the destruction caused by left- ...

(7 pages) 94 0 5.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Science Essays

The Social Shaping of Technology

Studies of the social shaping of technology (SST) show that technology does not develop according to an internal te ... ST) show that technology does not develop according to an internal technical logic but is instead a social invention, propelled by the conditions of its creation and use. Every stage in the generation ... nvolves a set of choices between different technical options. Beside technical concerns, a range of social factors affect which options are selected, thus influencing the content of technologies and t ...

(3 pages) 93 0 4.3 Feb/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

A critical analysis of Anti-Racism Policy in Schools.

crimination and injustice, education is the key" (Revd Boggo Pilot, in Shnukal, 2002:9).'Race' is a socially constructed concept with social implications resulting in "social and political struggles&h ... indirect means of controlling and dominating non-Anglo Australians including Indigenous Australians socially and economically (Hickling-Hudson & Ahlquist, 2003:65; Ninnes, 2000:115), "subordinatin ...

(17 pages) 124 0 3.4 Mar/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Barn Burning by William Faulkn

ndence and freedom.The opposition of sharecropper (Mr Snopes) and aristocrat (Mr de Spain) suggests social implications. Several elements refer to this possibility. The father points out that de Spain ...

(9 pages) 32 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Social Implications

In The essay, "Social Implications in the Hollywood Genres", Jean-Loup Bourget discusses what is implied about soci ... reedom to imply whatever they wish about the American society. Directors can describe how a certain social structure operates. When directors tell about a society they must end the film with something ...

(2 pages) 5 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

I.         Introduction: Until recently I was of the opinion that

ant community is known as) I have learned that the government of United States of America has a big social problem that is developing inside their own borders. I do not in any way intend to be discrim ... l try to focus on the life of a Pakistani immigrant, after settling in Southern California, and its social implications.II. Methodology: I decided to interview three different types of familie ...

(7 pages) 1191 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology