Academic papers on Sociological Theorists & Theories

Skocpol's States and Social Revolution
In 7 pages, the author reports on Theda Skocpol's States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China, and discusses what she perceives to be the question Skocpol is trying to answer, Skocpol's main argument, the...
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Fredrick R. Lynch/ "The Diversity Machine"
A 7 page summation and analysis of Fredrick Lynch's "The Diversity Machine." This book offers an exhaustive study of this relatively new trend in political correctness, diversity management-- its purposes, applications and effectiveness. No...
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Analyzing Violence in Philadelphia
A 7 page research paper that uses as its primary source the study of inner-city Philadelphia performed by Elijah Anderson for his book Code of the Street. The writer discusses how well Anderson's analysis fits the parameters of social...
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Pitirim Sorokin/Theories on Social and Cultural Dynamics
A 6 page research paper that examines the theories and career of Pitirim A. Sorokin (1889-1968), who was a Russian-American sociologist, whose controversial theories concerning social process covered the breadth of his field, as well as the...
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Thomas S. Kuhn/Structure of Scientific Revolutions
A 5 page research paper that investigates Thomas S. Kuhn's groundbreaking theory in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962, University of Chicago Press), which ) radically altered the way that change in science is perceived. The traditional...
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Castells
Castells
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Gender History in Walkowitz
Gender History in Walkowitz
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Mars and Venus - Old News
(5 pp) This discussion examines John Gray's 1992 best seller, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships. In light of the new century the book,...
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Mills' Sociological Imagination
C. Wright Mills, in The Sociological Imagination (1959), proposed that those interested in sociology come out from behind the theory and study the world, the experiences of man and how these two might relate to one another. This 5 page paper...
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Criminological Theory
A 5 page research paper that discusses and explains the three principal divisions in criminological theory
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19th Century Social Evolutionism
This 9 page paper discusses the evolution of man. It talks about Charles Darwin, Lewis Henry Morgan, Edward Tylor and Herbert Spencer. Their theories and where they originated from. 11 sources are cited.
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CONTRASTING IDEOLOGIES OF IRAQ AND THE UNITED STATES:GULF WAR
This 4 page paper gives a quick overview of the varying ideologies of structuralist, functionist, phenomenologist and symbolic interactionist thought in relation to the conflict between Iraq and the US, per the Gulf War. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Examination of Whorf
This is a 4 page paper which examines Whorf's Hypothesis relative to today's world. The bibliography has 2 sources.
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Analysis of Terrorism: Dramaturgial Perspective/Risk Society
This is a 3 page paper which analyses the phenomenon of terrorism from two theoretical perspectives - the dramaturgial perspective and the theory of risk society. The bibliography has 3 sources.
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The Socialization of C.S. Lewis
This 5 page paper explores the concept of C.S. Lewis in terms of the functional, conflict, and interactive perspectives of social theory. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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