“Independent” Living at Parkview Seniors’ Apartments
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A 20 page paper presenting an interesting exercise: write of something “psychological” in a detailed and personal narrative describing a setting to which psychological principles can be applied. The paper describes the structure and the people of Parkview, a seniors’ independent living apartment building. Though Parkview does not offer assisted living, it does offer many conveniences of great value to the elderly, as well as the security that so many elderly people find comforting. Residents have their own private apartments, but they have built a community within the building, one that helps others when they need help and provides a rich social life for individuals. The paper uses Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as its psychological base. At Parkview, seniors are free to progress through all five levels of Maslow’s pyramid. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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“Insider and Outsider Cultures”
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A nine page paper which considers the way in which groups define themselves and others in terms of insider and outsider culture, and the relationship between ethnicity, historical factors and generational issues to the division between Self and Other in modern cultures. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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“Ladies behind bars”
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A five page paper which looks at John Coggeshall’s article, ‘Ladies Behind Bars’ and the way in which he sees the construction of gender roles in male prisons as reflecting and exemplifying the delineation of male and female roles in the outside world. Bibliography lists 5 sources
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“Lives on the Edge: Single Mothers and their Children in the Other America” by Valerie Polakow
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This 7 page report discusses Polakow's 1993 book and the information it presents about American women and their children who live in poverty. The point Polakow makes is that it is an unrelenting struggle in which there are painfully few opportunities for escape. Until American society itself changes its beliefs and policies, women and children will continue to live a near-subsistence level of existence in the land of plenty, equality, and justice. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
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“Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus”: A Review of the Book by John Gray
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A 5 page overview of this book on gender relations. The author of this paper contends that once you get beyond the catchy title of this book many flaws surface. Gray’s almost constant use of comical analogies and metaphors serve more to dilute the important content of the book than to effectively illustrate it. As an added annoyance, Gray insists on repeating his core ideas over and over in almost identical scenarios throughout his book. No additional sources are listed.
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“Models of communication theory”
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A five page paper which considers the functionalist, interpretive and critical models of communication theory, the ways in which they differ, and their respective interpretations of the relationship between communication and culture. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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“Mona in the Promised Land”: Fiction Parallels Fact in The Immigrant Experience and the Quest for Cultural Belonging
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A 5 page discussion of the cultural implications found in the fictional novel by Gish Jen. Contends that the pressure to conform which confronts the teenage heroine of the book and her more traditional Asian American parents is that which has faced immigrants throughout the history of this country. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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“One Nation, After All” by Alan Wolfe
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An 8 page paper which reviews Alan Wolfe’s book “One Nation, After All.” No additional sources cited.
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“Out of this Furnace” and “Fast Food Nation”: A Common Lesson
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A 4 page overview of the books by Thomas Bell and Eric Schlosser. This paper presents the contention that the same societal problems which confronted the Progressives in the early part of the twentieth century, problems similar to those revealed in “Out of this Furnace”, continue to confront us today. “Fast Food Nation” reveals, in fact, the same societal hierarchy and injustices which were present in society some one-hundred years ago. No additional sources are listed.
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“Perspectives on Multiculturalism”
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A five page paper which looks at different perspectives on multiculturalism, such as issues regarding assimilation versus the preservation of minority cultures, and the degree to which the State should intervene in terms of maintaining the homogeneity of minority ethnic groups within the majority.
Filename: JLmulticulture.wps

“Planning and conducting a sociological research study”
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An eight page paper which looks at the way in which a student can carry out a sociological research project into the topic of single working mothers, which considers how data could be collected and analysed and the way in which conclusions can be extrapolated from the information collated. Bibliography lists 6 sources
Filename: JLsocres.wps

“Power in Movement”: A Review of the Book by Sidney Tarrow
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A 3 page overview of the premises presented in Chapter 5 of this book on the power of social movements. The author of this paper condenses Tarrow’s points that the underlying social structure of specific countries couple with the mobilization potential to translate into a transformation of society. No additional sources are listed.
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