Tag: General Sociology

Week 3 Discussion – social stratification and how it influences

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Week 3 Discussion In week 3, we discussed social stratification and how it influences what goes on in many social interactions among people. Imagine you are a sociologist who works

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Doing Public Sociology – What were your initial thoughts on Hu’s

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Doing Public Sociology In The Field 1) What were your initial thoughts on Hu’s project with regards to Sociological Intervention? 2) Describe Touraine’s action sociology/sociological interventions and Burawoy’s public sociology and

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Discussion – Learning Resources and reflect on the relationship

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Discussion Review this week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the relationship between social work values and ethics with the policy process. Consider contemporary news stories about policy related to social

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Discussion – Social Mobility, Briefly describe the person

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Discussion: Social Mobility Think of a person you know (either yourself, someone you know, or even a famous person with, perhaps a “rags to riches” story) who has experienced significant

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Caring About Feminism 2 – What moral guidelines should

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Caring About Feminism  Option 2: What moral guidelines should we use when it comes to recently introduced healthcare technologies of any kind (you will note and engage with your own examples)

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Discussion – The Games Children Play

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DISCUSSION POST: The Games Children Play In the article noted in this activity, the authors point out that most introductory sociology textbooks identify the main socialization agents as family, peers,

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Caring About Feminism 1 – Assess the moral solutions arrived

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Option 1: Assess the moral solutions arrived at through “care” (care-based ethics) and “rights” ethics to social issues of ethical import such as poverty, drug use, and/or lack of health care,

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Discussion – Identify a current issue or event within the past year

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Discussion Identify a current issue or event  within the past year  that speaks to race and ethnicity. It could be local to your community, or it could be national. Consider

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Week 3 Discussion – Is having or subscribing to a specific identity

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W3D Is having or subscribing to a specific identity always important to you? Do you think others see identity in a positive light? Do peple ever see you in terms of an

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Week 5 Discussion – What implications might represent

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W5D What implications might represent how we view people of different cultures or identities? Is there any conceptual difference in having biased representation – or no representation at all – in

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