Essays on Lower Class

In order to ensure peace and prosperity of a country, most governments have employed the use of stringent rules and regulations to govern people. However, some people stray away from the common perception of government and embrace anarchy. Anarchy is basically opposite of what the government stands for, anarchism is a political ideology (Carter, 1971) that holds the state undesirable and harmful while advocating for stateless institutions. The view of anarchists stray away from the commons masses and more often they tend to go extreme and cause social disturbance and unrest (Gage, 2009)as was the case of the ...

Zhang (107) examines the interesting process of how social stratification in the society emerges. He takes a critical look at China whereby people did not care about differentiated lifestyles and status recognition in the past. But today, the Chinese community is encountering the rise of a middle-class society with stratified residential areas and expensive consumer tastes. The sociospatial nature of cities in the country under socialism which maintained a homogenous community has now transformed into a heterogeneous setup. In most early societies, individuals shared a similar social standing. However, as the communities began evolving and becoming complex, some members ...

According to Barnet (2002), white-collar crime is defined as the crime committed by people that have respectable and high social status in different occupations and societies. However, the definition does not delineate the scope under which the criminal behaviors fall in white-collar criminality. The rise of white-collar criminality resulted from the difference in inattention given to it compared to the street level crimes where offenders were of low status. The definition of white-collar criminality varies depending on the type of offender, type of offense, and the type of organizational culture in which the crime is committed. For instance, the ...

The Synopsis of the Story

As the world was ushering in the New Year, Chicago was met with a disturbing video that went viral. The terrifying video involved four black men bullying a white man. The four recorded their indecent acts as they kidnapped, gagged and humiliated the victim, who is disabled. The 18-year old victim is a subject of schizophrenia, a mental illness, and attention deficit disorder. Regardless of his state, the group appeared to derive pleasure in mistreating the young man as they laughed along. Even worse, they issued death threats without any sign of compassion or remorse. In fact, one of ...

According to Dekun Zheng (1983), China has been one of Asia’s most distinguished countries, and it has been known to have a class structure which has divided it into two Chinas. The upper class and the rural class has had clear demarcations in the country. The upper class of the Chinese civilization has enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle which has been visible from their expenditure, way of living and spending. Moreover, the author mentions the importance of gaining a classical education, which has been important to the Chinese upper class that helped them rise above the rural class of ...

As indicated by the interactionists, the fundamention of typical interactionism is the way in which the individual is associated with the social structure and the conceivable exchange between the individual and others . The perspective of symbolic interactionism posits that the interactions existing between the teachers and the student aid in the development of certain expectations on the performance of the students in the discipline and academic subjects. The so-called teacher expectancy effect suggests that the expectations imposed by the teacher on the achievement and performance of the student impacts the actual results. When the teacher has low expectations, the ...

Discussion Board Posts

Main post starting a thread: “Closing the Wealth Gap: A Review of Racial and Ethnic Inequalities in Homeownership” by Meghan Kuebler Home ownership does not represent an equally realizable goal for all groups in the society, despite the fact that it is a very important investment that may secure a family’s future for generations to come. Although owning a home has been part of the American dream historically, not all groups in the society have had equal access to this privileged position as home owner. In reality, Whites are more likely than any other racial group to own ...

Industrialization after the Civil War in America

Industrialization after the Civil War in America Industrialization after the civil war was a great turning point in the history of the modern America. It marks a period of great transformation in a country. The United States realized and underwent through a rapid development. This was a period whereby industries were being built and there was availability of more jobs for the American people (Rees, 2015). During this period, the political arena also faced corruption. After the civil war, the industrialization process took on a tremendous and an unpredictable change on many sectors in America. These changes as a ...

English

a) The NSC - 68 (National Security Council Paper Number 68) was written in 1950 and displayed the strategy, the aim of which was to win the Cold War and to resist the Soviet Union. The creators of the NCS – 68 created the guideline the main points of which were: isolation from the other countries, the beginning of war, the renewing of the negotiation with the Soviet Union, and the prompt development of the military forces, nuclear arms, economics, and politics in the free world. The creators emphasized on the last point, arguing that it will help the US ...

[Author Name(s),First M. Last, Omit Titles, and Degrees] Economic development changes society in a manner that it becomes more and more difficult for the country to remain in the hands of a single man or a group of powerful elite. The change results to transforming the social and economic framework and then moving towards a changed attitude of the population in general. The primary concern of the countrymen is to achieve a commercial greater status and increase their wealth holdings. This changing scenario leads to people taking to skilled professions; they learn the importance of collective effort ...

Introduction

Visited the GAP store in New York and filled this market and consumer analysis pertaining to how the retail store carries out its activities. The walls of the store are made of glass with various attires being displayed and hence this gives one the chance to be able to window shop. The store was well lit with varying colors on the walls depending on the aisle that the individual was at. Once I entered the store I was received by an attendant how was all smiles and willing to help me out to effectively be able to look for ...

When the Manifesto of the Communist Party was published by Karl Marx and Frederick

Engels in 1848, there were a number of important events occurring in Europe, and all over the rest of the world. The Industrial Revolution was the most important economic development of the 19th century, an ongoing transformation in how goods were produced and labor was accommodated that lasted for at least a century. The Manifesto of the Communist Party advocates for the proletariat (the working class), and key passages help understand the historical and cultural context of the time, shed light on the overall work and its importance, and are open to critique. “The Communist Manifesto” is a pioneering ...

One’s class is determined by many things. Income has an impact on an individual’s class, but economic assets also play a role. The neighborhood wherein one lives is also a part of class. For example, if the neighborhood has a high crime rate, is near a highly polluted area, is adjacent to a low-funded school, thus turning out poorly educated individuals, or offers low-employment, one’s class is likely to be considered low. In contrast, if an individual lives in a gated community adjacent to good schools, with grocery stores that offer expensive, organically grown food, and ...

Introduction

It is true that there is a significant disparity between the American in terms of classes in the United States today. The gap between the upper class and the lower class has been increasing, whereas the middle starts to fade away. Dating back to early 1990s, almost half of the national income growth of the nation was owned only the top 1 percent of the richest families. The escalating gap between the two groups is attributed to the ever increasing income to the wealthiest 1 percent and stagnant income for the middle American households. Therefore, the middle and the ...

Ancient Middle East is considered to be a cradle of human civilization by many historians. Before Leonard Wooley excavated an ancient city Ur, no archaeologist had ever studied this region in such a detailed way. Egyptology developed much faster due to a great number of artifacts found here and a lot of curious myths and legends connected with Egyptian tombs. However, the first cities in a modern understanding of the term were built in Ancient Mesopotamia, and the first rules and laws came from here as well. Ancient Ur, for example, was one of the first cities that had ...

Aristotle

Aristotle set various guidelines pertaining to politics of the state. In his book, “Politics I”, he stated that in most if not cases, the city-state is the most valuable selection and it is most superior composition of a state. This is since, he states that from the fact that a city state has been developed by individuals who come together clearly knowing that they are unable to exist in cases that they are apart and the since the city states are developed from homogenous communities and by the fact that they come together, they are able to attain the ...

Bourdieu’s Concepts of Capital and Habitus and Contemporary Class Differences

Introduction Since 1986 when Bourdieu published his book with the concepts of cultural capital and habitus, many social changes have happened, primarily driven by changes in technology and new ways of interactions. For instance, compared to thirty years ago, it is now easier to break the glass ceiling of social stratification because there is a bigger social spread. Many rich people interact with people from humble backgrounds on the internet, and, since the class is not the first thing that comes up when these relations start, people from higher classes discover that they are interacting with people from the ...

INEQUALITY IN BRITAIN

Introduction Social stratification is about the different social classes and relative positions of social groups within a given country or community. In most societies, it has to do with the level of wealth each social category yields, but there are several concepts and theories that relates to it. This includes level of education, norms, social activities and preferences as well as the expectations society places on certain people within each class which leads to taste and the formation of identities. As a result of this, there is the famous “Top 1%”, the upper class, the upper-middle, the middle class, ...

While social class impacts nearly every area of our lives, we do not often realize how deeply in impacts our education. Moreover, we do not realize the growing social gap is something that will not end, regardless of how often we are told that it is closing. Children born into low-income families are at a disadvantage, often from the moment they are born. The socialization experienced by low-income students in comparison to high-income students and the perception of their social classes often changes the impact of education on either individual. The article, “Why Does the Gap Persist,” indicated many ...

Throughout history, Americans have been documented to have abused various drugs starting from precolonial times America as it is well documented that Christopher Columbus, the explorer that discovered America, found other mind-affecting drugs which he brought back to Europe on his first voyage to modern-day (Elaine, n.d.). However, until the late 1880s, prohibitionists and abstentionists had an easy time in addressing the drug abuse among the population, since all the supply point was known and easily identified. Nonetheless, the country failed to have a comprehensive legal framework that was engineered to address the drug abuse problem due to rapid ...

Introduction

This literature seeks to explore the correlation between class issues and schooling based on an Australian model of study. Most of the authors in this review agree that there is a correlation between class issues and the way schools are perceived and operated. The rise of neoliberalism has led way to an induction of creating a greater divide between the haves and have nots. Australian schools have shifted from the dynamics of the 1970s and 1980’s where the idea of a more balanced school system was part of educational reform. However, as of 2009 this has shifted and ...

Popular television shows often reproduce and have a connection to real life gender, class, relationships, political ideas, religious identities among other issues (Dines & Humez, 2003). One needs to be attentive to television shows for a better understanding of how they portray these issues. This paper is going to focus on the television show Strangers with Candy which is a Comedy Central comedy series, and how it encodes real life issues such as the ones above. Strangers with Candy boldly covers difficult subjects ranging from alcoholism to mentally retarded persons having an affinity of baked deserts. The three main issues ...

Each and every period in the Art history has its own significant masterpiece, which is a distinguishing mark of its time. For the Renaissance such masterpiece is the “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci, for the Impressionism it is the “Impression, Sunrise” by Claude Monet. For the Rococo, unmistakably, it is the “Beautiful Country Woman”, created by François Boucher circa 1732. It is well – known fact that the Rococo style was the following period of the Baroque age. From the historical point of view, it is the era, which started from the Regency of the reign of Louis ...

Introduction

The paper is a case study that focuses on subculture theories. As such, the paper will take an application approach where the theory is explored in the context of Pachuco subculture. The subculture relates to Mexican-American gang which developed in the 1930s (Sanchez, n.d.). The subculture was characterized by delinquent behavior thus forming a suitable case to apply the subculture theories.

Understanding the Emergence of Pachuco Subculture

Bourdieu argues that there are four forms of capital namely social, economic, and cultural and symbolic. To understand the emergence of the subculture, first, the social form of capital is applied. According to Bourdieu, social capital refers to ...

(Chapter 8 Summary) The differences in the business environment between Europe and US during the industrial revolution made the investors in the USA begin using rough and unethical means to gain wealth. Entrepreneurs like John Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, William Vanderbilt, Jim Fisk, and Jay Gould aimed at ruining their competitors to the point of driving them out of the market. J. P. Morgan's sentiment of 'owning the public nothing' was their leading approach in dealing with the public. These finance and industry men are what Veblen called the robber barons. In his work, Veblen noted that the “savage ...

Abstract

Economics is the science of studying behavioral aspects of the consumer market. Trends in the consumer market directly influence the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. Micro economic specifically explores the aspects of rationalization that affects the decision making of the consumer market. Research in these areas is key to the basis of institutional theory: which can be used to make future productions of the consumer market for instance. The theory of bounded rationality holds, that the decision making process is usually influenced by limitations such as time, available information and cognitive functions. The consumer therefore is ...

Antigone is a tragedy written by Greek playwright Sophocles in the year 442 BCE. The play carries on in a series of plays such as Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus as well as Seven Against Thebes, which tell the tale of social classes, family feuds, and civil law in ancient times. The play tells about the reversal of fortunes between people in the high social class who are forced to live very lowly lives and to suffer emotionally and physically due to the operation of the constitution. The play deals with the burial of Antigone’s brother ...

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LIST THE COURSE LIST THE DATE THE ESSAY IS FILED The Abolition of Slavery Introduction Historians evaluate in several ways the distinctions and similarities of the North and South just before the Civil War. The North’s population was 50 percent more than the South’s. Blacks comprised just over one percent of the North’s population while about 95 percent of Southern blacks were slaves. The North emphasized manufacturing and commercial enterprises while the South focused on agricultural development, mostly with the labor of slaves (Pessen 1121). This essay discusses topics related to the important issue of slavery ...

(Author Name) (Course Name/Number) There is, undoubtedly, a stigma that surrounds rioting and protesting in the United States. If you turn on the radio, you can hear music glorifying riots, talk show hosts discussing recent developments in large metropolis areas, and the collection of opinions surrounding police brutality, the use of military force, and the freedom of speech. In the midst of negative finger pointing at the radicals and crazies that initiate riots, the root cause of the problem is often lost and the public categorizes the group involved in a riot based on the most obvious commonality; race, ...

As more and more grassroots organizations and lobbies come to the forefront of American politics to call attention to various issues ranging from racial inequality to environmental concerns, it has become clearer that American politics as it has existed has failed many in the United States. Political power has continually been shifted to favor rich white males, who in turn protect the interests of other rich white males at the top of society. This type of politics – a cycle of power - limits access to those that do not fit that particular demographic, namely, people of color, low class ...

Visit to Virtual Museum

April 3rd, 2016

In this painting, there are some strong verticals and horizontals that work together to give the audience a clear view and allow them to concentrate all of the details of the painting. This means that the viewer of the painting will be able to look at the center of the painting where the woman is sitting on the bed. Edward Hopper is trying to portray that inside of a modern city a person is going to be lonely. In the background of the painting, the audience can see that it is confined by a wall and ...

The class system is a form of social stratification predicated on the nexus between “ownership and control of resources and the type of work that people do” (Kendall, 2015, p. 225). Karl Marx advanced the class theory through which he posited that the history of the society is predicated on a legacy of struggles among classes. Accordingly, since its primitive inception stage, the society has emerged and evolved with fundamental stratifications (Andersen & Taylor, 2008, p. 216). In pursuit of conflicting class interests, the said classes have never ceased to clash. In the world of capitalism characterized by the pursuit ...

The imperial rule in China was a proclamation from the leaders, who wanted to establish good trade relationship with the foreign nations like the Great Britain and India. During the reign of emperor leadership of Qing officials, there was relevantly true that the dynasty was in unstable position. In retrospect, the Qing dynasty was the last imperial reign of China that existed for almost three centuries (Da-dui 2). The links that China established with India and Britain was quite lucrative with these nations, thereby making them more attached to it. This is what led to the feeling of maintaining ...

Introduction

Social classes in Britain currently are not based on the amount of wealth that someone has accumulated unlike in the previous centuries. One can be rich but considers oneself poor or is taken by the community as of a lower class. On the other hand, the poor can be deemed to belong to the upper class. However, it depends on the understandability of the English culture like behavior patterns, beliefs, and customs as well as the proficiency of the English language. Britain and particularly England has a highly class sensitive culture and the practical ways in which the people ...