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College Grants for Social Sciences and Humanities

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Sunday, June 26th, 2011
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The fields of Social Sciences and Humanities used to be neglected very often by both academicians and students studying at other fields such as Natural Sciences and Medicine. They used to see Social Sciences and Humanities inferior to “real” sciences. However, this perception has changed a lot. Now both of these fields are seen as [...]

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Types of Social Sciences

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Saturday, June 25th, 2011
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What are social sciences? Before we get to the history of social sciences, or the various branches of social sciences, it is very important to know what social sciences exactly are. Social sciences are described as a discipline of science that deals with subjects that concern the study of social life of human groups and [...]

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Sociological Perspective

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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
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What is Social Perspective? Academically, sociological perspective is apart of social sciences and it’s definition includes the study of social phenomena by sociologists at different levels and from different perspectives. The three main paradigms of sociological perspectives are symbolic interaction, functionalism and conflict theory. Functionalist sociological perspective analyzes the way various social organizations function. According [...]

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Conflict Perspective

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Saturday, May 21st, 2011
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What is Conflict Perspective? Conflict perspective is essentially based on the Karl Marx’s thoughts on class struggle. According to his theory, the society is divided in two groups, namely haves and have nots, that is, rich and poor. The rich people are powerful because they control resources and poor people are powerless as they are [...]

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Primary Deviance

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Monday, May 16th, 2011
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What is Primary Deviance Stated simply, primary deviance is a term that describes deviant behavior in an individual. The individual may go against the cultural and social norms that is prevalent in the society. Primary deviance is a part of the theory of deviant identity formation put forth by one of the pioneers in sociology, [...]

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