Sociology

As the world’s population grows and people flock to large cities in search of work to sustain their growing families, we are seeing rapid ...

Poverty is a social issue and is part of the landscape in most countries. However, one must question how can poverty co-exist with wealth ...

The issue of discrimination based on appearance is one that takes on a wide variance of forms in contemporary society. Individuals categorized outside of ...

In her 2002 book, Hate Crime: The Story of a Dragging in Jasper, Texas, Joyce King relates that on June 7, 1998, the body ...

All societies are composed of a hierarchy of classes.  These classes while sociological or cultural in nature are fundamental to understanding inequalities between individuals.  ...

In education, the lack of power and resources among different parts of society impairs the delivery of quality education to all sections of society. ...

The death penalty is one of the most controversial issues in American society. Some states have banned capital punishment entirely.  Anti-death penalty advocates argue ...

The problem of homelessness in the United States has drawn a wide range of responses, from the perspectives of virtue ethics and distributive, commutative, ...

When two people choose to get a divorce, it can be a long, arduous and painful process in many ways. This is especially true ...

The theory that violence in the entertainment industry encourages violent behavior in individuals has been a controversial topic for many years now. While some ...