Category: Free Essays

Transformations in agriculture, natural resource management, exploited tourism, and absentee ranch ownership have changed the face of many rural communities. Several of these changes and other factors have led many rural communities to experience serious declines in their economies during the past decades. These changes have been exacerbated by recent economic hardships further depleting the…

The “sexual revolution” opened the way for greater expression and practise of female sexuality, at least in Western cultures. However, society has historically and still does exert control over female sexuality. This control, in fact, underlies men’s general control of women in society. Such control is accomplished through gender definition and social pressure, and economic…

Karl Marx and Max Weber are two of the most influential thinkers in terms of modern social thought that there are. Both Marx’s and Weber’s contribution to the development of social thought is in my opinion second to none. Marx and Weber wrote about modernity before it was in full swing, yet there works including…

After the accession of His majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said in 1970 Oman transformed from a rudimentary single economy that lacked all sorts of public amenities and modern infrastructure to a modern and diversified economy aided by the wise leadership of his Majesty. The availability of oil revenues and the importance given to…

Durkheim (1858-1917) who devoted himself to the scientific study of sociology is widely regarded as a pioneer in French sociology. It is known that Emile Durkheim inherits some of Auguste Comte and Herbert Spencer’s ideas and developed a systematic sociology both in theory and methodology (Monivas, 2007, p. 18). However, some of his works have…

There has been a marked change for the better in our overall approach towards the women in Mauritius. Gone are the days when their place was considered to be behind the four walls of the house and their only job was confined to looking after the household affairs. But now they can be seen working…

This paper examines the concept of ‘standpoint epistemology’ in the field of social science and discusses whether this remains a viable radical perspective on knowledge. The focus is placed upon the perspective from the feminist viewpoint and the application to sociology. The historical content is examined as a foundation to knowledge and this is placed…

DEFINING THE FAMILY: A family is a social unit made up of father, mother brothers and sisters. All these members play a very important role while living together, sharing problems with one another at the time of help. Love is the most important element in a family among these members without love and happiness these…

This report covers many areas in health care and the responsibility of meadia.This focuses on the aspect that media plays a major role in Health and social care. Also individual responsibility too should be adhered too. Thus when divulging and printing or putting any thing on the mass media, each person ahs to be knowledgably…

Discuss what a consumer society is and an insight to its beginnings. Divisions suggested by theorist Zygmunt Bauman. Discuss supermarket power and whether they offer choice to consumers discuss the winners and losers in a consumer society, conclude on choice to consumers. Main Body Paragraph 1 Explain consumer society, discuss who is involved and ways…