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- 111: Technology and the Future of Work
- ... creating a near workerless society of abundance and leisure. (J Rifkin 1995 p.42) This paper will consider developments in technology, robotics, electronic miniaturisation, digitisation and information technology with its social implications for human values and the future of work. It will argue that we have entered post modernity or post Fordism, a new age technological revolution, which profoundly effects social structure and values. Some issues that will be addressed are: elimination of work in the traditional sense, longevity, early retirement, the elimination of cash, the restructuring of education, industry and a movement to global ...
- 112: Technology And The Future Of W
- ... creating a near workerless society of abundance and leisure. (J Rifkin 1995 p.42) This paper will consider developments in technology, robotics, electronic miniaturisation, digitisation and information technology with its social implications for human values and the future of work. It will argue that we have entered post modernity or post Fordism, a new age technological revolution, which profoundly effects social structure and values. Some issues that will be addressed are: elimination of work in the traditional sense, longevity, early retirement, the elimination of cash, the restructuring of education, industry and a movement to global ...
- 113: Applied Litigation Research
- ... objective is to show how different methodological approaches converge in the frame of reference which reflects the actual verdict reached in trial. Litigation research is a relatively new field of social science application. The most useful methodological approaches to study ongoing litigation are still under development. Quantitative designs have dominated this field to date and typically are used for jury selection ... the essentially dynamic character of a trial. The tactical environment of an ongoing trial is fluid. Quantitative methodologies appear to lack the requisite flexibility to grasp the changed meaning of issues as they emerge in the courtroom. In short, once a trial begins, pretrial quantitative research may be overtaken by unanticipated events. The utility of strategic themes, the integration of developing ... few reports from any applied setting where research plays an instrumental role in the actual conduct of trial. This method is also the least well-defined methodological component of the social sciences (Bernard, 1988). Its applications tend to be confined to concrete situations and always must be adapted to different contexts. Participant observation's focus is on process rather than ...
- 114: Civil Rights
- ... rights movement of the 1960's. While Booker T. Washington was successful in helping blacks catapult themselves into contention with whites economically, he lacked the desire to lead blacks to social equality. W.E.B. Du Bois did attempt to lead blacks into social equality, but he lacked adequate support from the black majority. Civil rights leaders of the 1960's, such as Martin Luther King Jr., gathered large numbers of supporters during speeches, encouraging active participation in protests for the social, economical, and political equality for blacks. The reason the battle for civil rights picked up so much support was because the 1960s saw America’s strongest period of liberalism. ...
- 115: The New Federalist Party
- ... main goal is a true federal government, it is not by any means a single issue party. We try to take an independent stand on all of today's political issues. Crime: Recent Gallop polls have shown that 80% of the population favors putting more police on the streets, and paying higher taxes to do it. The same poll shows that ... Existing programs will receive more funds if they are needed. Foreign Policy: The second main issue that will be dealt with is America's foreign policies. There are many sub issues in foreign policy, but the main ones we will be dealing with are NATO and our many military interventions. Firstly, the New Federalists stand for a withdrawal from an outdated ... status quo. Many tools will be utilized to reform this decrepit system. Among these will include a full range of incentives to encourage recipients to re-enter the work force. Social Security: American social security could be the greatest joke of our time. With the increase in fraud and bankruptcy of the current social security system the New Federalist party ...
- 116: A Critical Look At The Foster Care System
- ... four agencies were examined, they turned out to be 4,933 children.[1] Some children are labeled "dependent" or "neglected" and are placed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Social Services, other children are labeled "delinquent" and are under the Juvenile Court or Probation Department, still others are given a psychiatric label and sent to the Department of Mental Health ... up a separate corporation to purchase houses with foster care funds. The houses were in turn leased back to the group home at excessive rents. Sources in the Department of Social Services told Union-Tribune reporters that the state may go after the families assets, including a $1.6 million house in Fairbanks Ranch. Mayuiers also reportedly enjoyed frequent restaurant meals ... care - and there are many - there is absolutely no reason to believe that equal, if not worse, abuse won't occur behind the walls," said David Rothman, a professor of social medicine at Columbia in reference to the question of expanding congregate care to house more children. "The difference will be that nobody will hear the screams." Even at highly- ...
- 117: A Discussion on the Myth and Failure of Reconstruction Following the Civil War, and How This Failure Impacted and Changed America
- ... states to ensure his reelection.(Tindall 453) The Congress did manage to do something when they established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands in order to provide "such issues of provisions, clothing, and fuel" as might be needed to provide relief to "destitute and suffering refugees and freedmen and their wives and children."(Tindall 453) Oliver Howard who was ... Negro is free whether we like it or not; we must realize that fact, now and forever. To be free, however, does not make a citizen or entitle him to social or political equality with the white man."(Carter 52) "The Codes reflected in part a reckless defiance of the victorious government."(Carter 54) The Black Codes varied from state to ... native to the South that had opposed secession.(Trelease 107) They were reviled as the "merest trash that could be collected in a civilized community, of no personal credit of social responsibility."(Tindall 467) Their characters ranged from honest to dishonest, from intelligent to stupid, from the crass opportunists who indulge d in corruption to the distinguished figures.(Trelease 107) ...
- 118: A Critical Look At The Foster
- ... four agencies were examined, they turned out to be 4,933 children.[1] Some children are labeled "dependent" or "neglected" and are placed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Social Services, other children are labeled "delinquent" and are under the Juvenile Court or Probation Department, still others are given a psychiatric label and sent to the Department of Mental Health ... up a separate corporation to purchase houses with foster care funds. The houses were in turn leased back to the group home at excessive rents. Sources in the Department of Social Services told Union-Tribune reporters that the state may go after the families assets, including a $1.6 million house in Fairbanks Ranch. Mayuiers also reportedly enjoyed frequent restaurant meals ... care - and there are many - there is absolutely no reason to believe that equal, if not worse, abuse won't occur behind the walls," said David Rothman, a professor of social medicine at Columbia in reference to the question of expanding congregate care to house more children. "The difference will be that nobody will hear the screams." Even at highly- ...
- 119: Who We Are
- ... over. Things that will build up the community such as black owned establishments. Despite the economic set backs we place ourselves in, politically we have no strong voices and our social leaders do not seem to understand how to elevate the problems that continue to plaque our society. Who can we turn to? I am convinced that if we trace back to learn theories of past African America leaders on these issues then we can eventually come to new heights. This paper will identify the primary economic, political, and social needs of African Americans at the turn of the century and determine if the philosophies of Booker T. Washington, WEB DuBois, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X can eliminate ...
- 120: Facism
- Facism Fascism is a form of counter-revolutionary politics that first arose in the early part of the twentieth-century in Europe. It was a response to the rapid social upheaval, the devastation of World War I, and the Bolshevik Revolution. Fascism is a philosophy or a system of government the advocates or exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right ... or reason. George Sorel, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Georg Hegal are main philosophers who's beliefs and ideologies greatly influenced the shaping of Fascist theory. Sorel (1847-1922) was a French social philosopher who had a major influence on Mussolini. Sorel believed that societies naturally became decadent and disorganized. This decay could only be slowed by the leadership of idealists who were ... on the use of Fascism Hitler and Mussolini both worked similarly on how they established their principles in the same basic manner. Their principles came from basic responses to various issues the leaders faced. Fascism is an authoritarian political movement that developed in Italy and other European countries after 1919 as a reaction against the profound political and social changes ...
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