Provide a short summary of your film/TV show (What is the video about? Clarity is important!)
Separately, explain how conflict theory, structural functionalism, and symbolic interactionism would view/interpret your film/TV show. Thoroughly explain using sociological concepts/terms.
Which paradigm do you think is most represented in your film/TV show? Explain.
Why did you select your particular paradigm? How does your paradigm explain your video/DVD? Thoroughly explain).
Research Proposal
For instance, to what extent has your understanding of research deepened? Does the research process seem more valuable now after having built your own proposal? Consider these questions as you complete your full research proposal, adding information to the Part 2 sections.
Consider what you have learned about research by conceptualizing and planning a research study in this manner. Anticipate what the proposed study’s results might be.
What ethical and/or cultural issues need to be considered? How will you address those issues in your study?
If you were to conduct the study, what would you expect the results to show? What would you do if the data didn’t align with your expectations?
What did you learn about research through this process?
In the case of IMF, you must click on “capacity development” and then on “what we do”. Click on “Learn more”. Explore the different types of “capacity development efforts”.
After choosing a project, initiative, and capacity development efforts, you must produce an essay containing the following:
A brief summary and explanation of the project, initiative, or efforts (what does the project do, the goals of the project/effort, the partners involved, the location/population of target, the length of the project/effort).
How does this project connect with the current mandate of the organization (either IMF or WB).
Note that to address this second point, you must navigate the websites of WB and IMF to access their mandates.
For IMF, consult: https://www.imf.org/en/About
Is the “American Dream” still attainable? Is it a realistic goal to be pursued in present-day America or has it become an ideology that is out of reach for most people?
Review Review Questions:
Thomas Piketty
What future did Marx predict for capitalism? And, why was he wrong (according to Piketty)?
What is the difference between income and wealth?
What does Piketty predict for the future regarding inequality?
Robert Frank
Why is capping executive pay a bad idea according to Frank?
What strategy does Frank propose to curb extremely high executive pay?
Dennis Gilbert
What do statistics about social mobility in the US show? What could this mean for the “American Dream”?
Consider the graphs, charts, and information provided on the following website:
Income Inequality
Wealth inequality
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Describe your early observations/experiences of sport in a way that enables you to put them in a broader social context, not just in terms of your individual life.
When children first play sports (or do not play sports) they do so in connection with ideas about themselves, about their bodies, and about the meanings of their experiences or observations. Along these lines, what do you recall from your first exposure to watching or participating in sport?
Opportunities to play sports, and the character of sport experiences, often are different for boys and girls and for children from different racial or ethnic groups and social class backgrounds. Write about how gender, race/ethnicity, and/or social class may have influenced the sports for you as a child.
Many young adults say that without their parents, they never would have had the opportunity to play sports as a child or adolescent. Explain the ways that your parent[s]/caregivers encouraged/facilitated of discouraged/interfered with your sport exposure or participation.
What do you anticipate in the future with respect to sports in your life, and how is that future connected with your past or present experiences, and what may be occurring in your life in the future?
TV Media and Reality: An Observation
What are some ways that gender, race, and the interaction between them affects health above
and beyond socioeconomic status? What might this suggest in terms of possible policies? Be
sure to cite the text at least once.
What are some (at least 2) existing policies you can think of that connect to health in the United
States? Suggest at least one new health-relevant policy that should be considered? Explain the
benefit(s) of this proposed policy. Be sure to cite the text at least once.
What is the comparison in health outcomes between the United States and other highly
developed countries? What does the role of policy seem to be? Be sure to cite the text at least
once.
Assess how the disability is located for the individual (in an individual’s body? In structural
barriers? In an individual’s mind, IQ or behaviour? In lack of services? Some combination
of these or some other location?).
Clarify the barriers they faced and how their political, social and economic context may
have exacerbated these barriers – these could include inter alia, attitudes, educational, pro-
fessional/workforce related, leadership at the community, national or international levels,
communication, physical environment or other accessibility matters,
Explain the creative advocacy solutions the person’s life gave rise to (individually or along
with others) to create more inclusive and socially just communities nationally and/or inter-
nationally. Explain the turning point(s) that lead to the press for change or activism.
Discuss how this person’s life contributed to your understanding of disability, that is, any
new insights gained or existing views solidified. Remember, this is not a piece about inspi-
ration. It requires that you skillfully acknowledge and assess the contribution this person’s
life has made to the field of disability studies
Questions :
Michael Schwalbe
1-What does it mean to think of inequality as a “routine accomplishment”? Explain the author’s viewpoint.
2-How does Schwalbe explain the emergence of inequality? Describe.
James W. Russell
1-Russell’s historical piece suggests that the creation of race inequality justified class inequality. How?
2-Looking at Europeans at the time of their conquests around the world, what role did belief systems play in creating and sustaining inequalities?
Tracy E. Ore
1-Ore points out that “…in the United States we have a system of stratification that is based on many categories of difference… We tend to view this system as fixed because of our assumptions that these categories are unchangeable.” (Ore, 5) How is this statement relevant to the protests that have taken place in reaction to George Floyd’s death at the hands of police in May? explain.
2-What is “objectivation”? (Ore, 7) give an example that illustrates this concept.
Social and Cultural Norms
Presenting stereotypes of minorities/women/LGBTQ individuals affects viewers’ conceptions of different groups.
How do such skewed views affect real-life interactions with members of minority groups? Is there a difference among such genres as comedies, dramas, police procedurals, children’s shows, cartoons, and reality shows, in how marginalized people are portrayed? Can you cite any examples from your own experiences?
We now take a look at a third sociologist. In your paper describe who and what Dubois purported. Complete a short autobiographical sketch from the book and other readings, Include his research interest and data collection methods. Cite each references. Then delve into his approach.
How does Schaefer characterize Debous work? Is it applied or clinical sociology (see page 17)? Which of the three theories would explain his sociological approach
