… develops from an emotional and social outcast to a strong young man who is healing from his past. Before he makes these changes however, Will is more inclined to display his strong sense of isolation, intelligence and anger through aggression.…

… John Howard Griffin's research should undeniably be considered sociological. He began with a theory, if he became black he could help understand the difficulties between races as both a white man and a black man in the south and with this knowledge…

… ethnic minorities are being used in the specific medium of billboard advertising. What products are ethnic minorities advertising, are they being stereotyped or pigeon holed, or are they being represented at all? I have chosen this topic because so much…

… body or group which takes up a given cause or issue of a political nature. Whilst social movements have been around for a long time, 'new' social movements (or NSMs) have risen (or returned) due to more recent changes in British society and politics.…

… but since the early 1990s girls have begun to out-perform boys at most levels of the education system, including SATS, GCSE and A levels. Explanations for this change include reasons for female improvement as well as male 'failure'. A medical…

… the function of education and how it is involved in our society today. From contrasting sociological theories, the role of the educational institution can differ greatly. Firstly the different functionalist theorists or the consensus theorists ironica…

… heart. More than 1 billion people in the world today, the great majority of whom are women, live in unacceptable conditions of poverty, mostly in the developing countries. Poverty has various causes, including structural ones. Poverty is a complex,…

… 800,000 to 1.2 million people in the United States are infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (American Social Health Association). Unlike many diseases, HIV infection and AIDS are preventable and getting up-to-date information is the…

… examples of when this phenomen is likely to occur. Why do people in general try to reduce cognitive dissonance? Give examples. How might retailers try to reduce a consumer's cognitive dissonance? And how might work be responsible for high levels…

… I.It is claimed that the increasing influence of extremely large MNE's has provided a threat to the ability to governments to govern. Is capitalism becoming disorganised? And how might MNE's changing our culture? II.The USA are often accused…