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Meet the Professor: Dr. Stephanie Wilson, Sociologist, Educator, and Co-founder of Applied Worldwide
Stephanie: Sociologist, Creator, Researcher 2. As a co-founder of Applied Worldwide, could you briefly explain the organization’s mission? Stephanie: Our mission is to build a bridge between the discipline of sociology and everyday life to improve the well-being of society. As a sociologist, I see endless ways that sociological knowledge could benefit society, but our…
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THE COMPARATIVE METHOD IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
The purpose of comparative method in social anthropology is to study varieties of form of social life and to understand human social phenomena. Franz Boas delineated two methods in the study of anthropology. First, was to reconstruct the history which means to understand the past and reconstructing theories in present. Second, was comparison of social…
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Interview with Assistant Professor Katie Durante, University of Utah, Department of Sociology
1. If you had to describe yourself in three words, what would they be? Integrity, light-hearted, responsible 2. Can you discuss some of your key findings regarding racial and ethnic inequality in the criminal legal system and how it has evolved over the years? One of the areas of research I focus on is racial…
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Interview with Dr. Christina Jackson: Insights into Sociology, Activism, and the Journey Ahead
Short Bio: Dr. Christina Jackson, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Stockton University, specializes in urban sociology, social welfare, and inequality from sociological and public health perspectives. Beyond academia, she’s an engaged scholar-activist, facilitating and consulting with community partners and creative groups on topics like anti-violence, gentrification, housing, food justice, and racial justice. She’s co-authored…
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How To Apply Sociology In Everyday Life: Explained Real Examples
Sociology is the study of society through many theoretical perspectives. The most important lesson of sociology is that society is not an external object to be studied. Instead, all of us are active members of society and constantly influence it. Thus, sociology can be applied in everyday life by all members of society. This article…
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History of the Homestead Movement in the United States
Homestead movement took place in the United States of America from 1831 until 1862. This event began in order to encourage the citizens with free ownership of land in the Midwest, Green Plains wherein the people along with colonizing that area, wanted to do cultivation on it too. The movement once started, concluded into Homestead…
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History of the Hippie Movement
The Hippie movement is also spelled as a hippy movement. This event is actually a part of a countercultural movement that refused to accept the normal customs of the American lifestyle. Eventually, this movement became so widespread that it even reached Canada and Britain, the movement that once started in the college campus in the…
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what was the Greenback Movement in America
Greenback movement occurred for two decades that is from the year 1868 till the year 1888 in the United States of America. This movement was basically supported by the farmers who wanted a good amount of paper money to be in circulation. In order to kindle their interest, the U. S government did issue more…
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Communism and Socialism: Meaning and Differences Between Them
As per the classic definition prevalent, Communism is related to a community who own all the resources and in this system, every person works and gets as per his needs only but in Socialism, there is a discussion of societal problems and it is basically related to the functioning of the entire human society. It…
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Capitalism and Socialism: Meaning and Differences Between Them
Capitalism is a formal system of government wherein the country’s trade is under private ownership and they do the trade with the sole purpose of earning profit but under Socialism, the production, distribution, and regulation of the products should be done by a group as a whole and not individually. Capitalism propagates economic freedom which…
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Fascism and Socialism: Meaning and Differences Between Them
Fascism deals with the economic problems prevalent in the world whereas socialism is associated with the social issues in the society. As fascism is closely related to the nation, therefore, it gives more prevalence to the national problems instead of the individual or the community whose issues are dealt with by socialism. The main aim…