Sociology Essays

Modern Lifestyle Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd Jul 2021
Introduction: The modern lifestyle has a number of advantages which includes easing peoples life, saving hundreds of peoples lives by the new development of medicine and vaccines. On the other hand different modern life style patterns have negative effects on health physically, psychologically, and socially....

Gender Discrimination Essay - Gender Inequality
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd Jul 2021
Introduction: Gender inequality, or in other words, gender discrimination refers to unfair rights between male and female based on different gender roles which leads to unequal treatment in life....

Weber’s Formal and Substantive Rationality
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Jul 2021
Introduction: This paper focuses on the formal and substantive rationality. Weber made distinctions between formal rationality and substantive rationality in his works. Formal rationality mainly refers to rational calculation determined by rules, regulations or laws, and the extend to an action occurs as an outcome of quantitative calculations....

Ethical concerns of Watson's 'Little Albert' study
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Jul 2021
Introduction: The first major ethical concern we encountered in this exam period was that of Watson and his “Little Albert” study. The modern code of ethics denounces evoking fear responses from human participants, unless the participant has been made aware of and consented beforehand. ...

Definition And Types Of Social Capital
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jul 2021
Introduction: The discussion of social capital is credited to three main theorists – namely Pierre Bourdieu, James Coleman and Robert Putnam. Bourdieu stated that there are three kind of capitals, but for this paper we only look at ‘Social Capital’. Bourdieu provides a concise definition of social capital by stating:...

The Different Elements Of Identity
Example essay. Last modified: 19th Jul 2021
Introduction: Most people have a standard for right and wrong. People doing the 'right' things would grow honesty and integrity (St Louis 2009). On the other hand, if a person keeps on doing things that they believe to be wrong, they may start to believe they are not to be trusted....

De Beauvoir's Views on the Female Body
Example essay. Last modified: 27th May 2021
Introduction: De Beauvoir position of the body as it was one of the main factors of women becoming an oppressed woman. The root of De Beauvoir view of the body is first rooted in the essentialist view more specifically Sartre view of the freedom, consciousness and the situated body....

Social Problems in Contemporary Society
Example essay. Last modified: 27th May 2021
Introduction: How does sociology understand social problems? Explain what makes this orientation to social problems unique?...

Racial Discrimination and its Effects on Minorities
Example essay. Last modified: 27th May 2021
Introduction: Racial discrimination is an enormous problem that has been occurring for over centuries worldwide, especially in the United States. “Together, Hispanics and Asians make up more than 80% of the U.S. immigrant population”...

Marx's Understanding of 'The Social'
Example essay. Last modified: 27th May 2021
Introduction: Firstly, Karl Marx was most known for his work within analysis of society and the social however to have a complete understanding of his understanding we need to go back to the start of the human being and focus on his program for humanity, ...

Assessment of Third Wave Post-feminism as a Cultural Phenomenon
Example essay. Last modified: 27th May 2021
Introduction: Feminism is considered to be an ‘umbrella term.’ It comes from women fighting for their own stance from patriarchy throughout history....

Social Problems and The Euro
Example essay. Last modified: 11th May 2021
Introduction: The European Union researched inequality from country to country to figure out just how different factors had been affecting their economies.  Once realized they felt the best way to close the gap between themselves and the United States economy was to create an all-new currency....

Boxing and Capitalism
Example essay. Last modified: 10th May 2021
Introduction: The inner workings of how boxing operates economically is very much paralleled with capitalism. Boxers must work on their popularity and ability to attain a larger fanbase and higher income, but similar to capitalism some boxers have certain natural advantages....

Human Behaviour During Covid-19 Pandemic
Example essay. Last modified: 10th May 2021
Introduction: Use your knowledge of social psychological and/or evolutionary theories to explain some of the behavior reported during the Covid-19 pandemic. You may wish to consider the forces behind panic buying of particular items and/or the adherence to the social distancing/self-isolation/mask wearing guidelines...

Evaluate the Role of Citizens in Ensuring Justice
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: This essay will consider the role of citizens in two areas of justice: environmental justice and trade justice. Environmental justice will be examined specifically in relations to the issue of sound p...

Example Sociology Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: How far is globalisation a form of Americanisation? Drawing on theory critically evaluate why the US has been so hostile to overseas left wing regimes since 1945? There has been a great deal of debate...

Germany's Goethe vs China's Confucius Institute
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: Introduction The objective of this paper is to explore why the outcomes of the work of the Goethe Institute of Germany and the Confucius Institute of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have be...

Race in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: Essay Question: Examine how ideas about race were elaborated in the second half of 19th century and the early 20th century. Race is a historically and culturally specific notion, embedded in a conste...

Is Modern Britain still a Class Society?
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: Historically, British society has been defined by a clearly demarcated system of social classes. In the medieval period, this was characterised by a feudal system of landowners and serfs (Bloch, 2014)...

Is the Family Still a Source of Social Control?
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: Social control can be defined as a system of ‘measures, suggestion, persuasion, restraint and coercion’ by which society brings people into conformity with an accepted code of behaviour (S...

Male dominance within organisational structures
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: Could a challenge to men's dominant masculinities facilitate the emergence of a less coercive and less divisive organisational structure?...

Marx's Deployment Of The Term Abstraction
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: The heterogeneity of abstraction's meaning is related to the fact that Marx understands production within a system of capitalism...

Patterns of Political Engagement and Disengagement
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: Introduction A significant proportion of the British electorate has become disengaged from both politics and the political process (Flinders, 2015; Norris, 2011). Evidence of this is reflected in the ...

Prison Rehabilitation Comparison
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: ‘Prison Works.’ Discuss. Websters dictionary defines prison as ‘a place of confinement especially for lawbreakers; specifically: an institution (as one under state jurisdiction) for conf...

Public Sociology - a discussion for and against
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Introduction: It may be argued that sociology is of activist origins, propelled by a desire to comprehend, diagnose and ultimately administer solutions to societal ailments. However, with the advent of scientific d...