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    Social Capital Analysis

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    there are many different ways that social capital can be defined. Social capital is solely about the relation between individuals and entities and how they can be economically valuable. Social capital incorporates social networks in its process. Social networks are made up of people who trust one another. They also help each other, giving them power through the assets they gain. Economic growth depends on the presence of economic, capital, social capital, which all enhance it. There are many…

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    (SES) backgrounds. Depending on the extent of a student’s economic capital, he or she will have different levels of difficulty. Navigating or knowing the university’s system for students is something that may also be challenging depending on the amount of social capital someone possesses. Knowing who…

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    Outlier's Outliers

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    Langan. These individuals according to Outliers got ahead by having opportunities, Economic, Social, cultural capital and whether or not they had the opportunities available to be successful. Economic capital refers to the material wealth or economic power which would be money or power. Social capital refers to the social connection that we make in order to be successful. Cultural capital refers to have the…

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    According to Yeager, Nelson, Potter, Weidman & Zullo (2001) in many ways higher education should be seen as a business as it “produces and sells educational services to customer” (as cited by Winston, 1999, p.13). However, at the same time, while education is indeed a business in some retrospect, it should not be regarded as only a business either. Over the last several decades, many economists have attempted to solve the array of issues surrounding the idea that education should be seen as a…

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    of capital. A career capital is defined by different supporting modes that an individual acquires and is able to utilize to pursue success in their career. In order to obtain a career capital, the individual needs to go through a process of screening the capitals within the field of interest, and investing these capitals into work-related activities (Iellatchitch, Wolfgang, & Meyer, 2003). To this regard Bourdieu (1986) describes three generic capitals: economic, social, and cultural capital.…

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    What do you think of Capital Punishment? Capital punishment is the act of legally executing someone for a crime they have committed after a fair legal trial. It is in also called the death penalty. It is carried out by the state in various methods including lethal injection, electric chair, gas chamber and hanging. In most countries where it is still carried out, it is mostly carried out the punishment for murder. In other countries, however, it extends to culprits found guilty of treason, rape…

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    Merriam Webster-Online except noted. Penal Code: a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment Abolish: to end the observance or effect of Death Penalty: death as a punishment given by a court of law for very serious crimes Capital Punishment: the practice of killing people as punishment for serious crimes Exoneration: The removal of a burden, charge, responsibility, duty, or blame imposed by law. (West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2.) Inhumane: cruel, brutal,…

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    doctors must first target the root of the cause. Once that is resolved, the doctors are able to cure the source from the sick patient, which would benefit the survivors of sickness to perform his or her daily lives as healthy and without worry anymore. Capital punishment works in the same way. Until the government allows for the death penalty, innocent lives (the sick) are not able to fully live freely because the criminals (the disease) are still existent in their lives (the body). The subject…

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    John Swain: Eastern Penitentiary Worksheet Part I: General Questions: Answer 3 (1 point each) What was the correctional philosophy of Eastern State Penitentiary when it opened? Eastern State’s philosophy was the Pennsylvania System- a system where prisoners were isolated in their own cells with only a bible their thoughts. This complete silence and isolation was essential to repentance, however it was a maddening system that could (and I’m sure has) driven many prisoners insane. Name two…

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    physical pain onto the perpetrator that was measured to the offense. This notion is still present today in modern society, however, is used in certain cases. The most common form of corporate punishment is the Death penalty. When an individual faces Capital…

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