Economic anthropology

Gambling is simultaneously charged with degrading humanity and praised for being its economic savior (1998). What all sides can agree upon is that gambling is growing all across the globe and that its growth creates important implications for culture, economics, and communication. Dunstan (1997) argued that America has a strange relationship with gambling, characterized by ever-changing societal standards and laws. In American…

Sociology is the study of the structure of society, human relationships, and the behavior of organized groups. It analyzes social worlds and the individuals that live within them (Dykstra-Crookshanks 2017). These studies include a wide range of subjects such as culture, gender, ethnicity, and race. Our world is filled with social issues and movies are a way for filmmakers to portray social conflicts. These movies can be made to increase awareness of issues or to simply make a statement about…

My Life “Culture” can be defined to each individual in a unique way. According to Merriam-Webster, culture is, “the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group” (Dictionary.com). Personally, I believe that someone's culture is made up of family, friends, memories, traditions and so much more. My personal culture is made up of my whole existence including my large Italian family, social life, and sports. To define my culture with just a few words…

based on their genetic heritage. I.e.,.race, skin, hair color and religion. In the reading, ' 'class racism ' ' Etienne Balibar, depicts, how race works as a system of power and privilege. Class racism she asserts is connected to a political and economic problem that is crucial for the institution of the nation-state. Furthermore, She contends how the state has the power to exclude by force properties and deny citizenships and certain societal privileges to individuals who 's class seemed ' '…

The culture of every individual is expressed not only in good breeding, in the way of dressing or level of intelligence quotient, but also in the manner we speak. The “Tu (singular you) – Vous (plural you)” distinction in speech helps to differentiate “familiar” and “polite” forms. In ancient times T/V symbolized class difference, now it is mostly used for asymmetrical relationship, to show solidarity. Nowadays, the use of T/V also depends on the country and its traditions and norms of…

Communication can be defined as exchanging information, thoughts, and feeling among people who using speech or other means. It also means a transaction and message creation where the entire process occurs in a situation consisting physical space, cultural and social values and psychological conditions (Verderber, 1998). Other researchers define it as an intrinsic characteristic of human nature (Moussas, Karkanias & Papadopoulou, 2010). The failure to accomplish the two-way communication will…

global politics, global decision influences domestic situations. Significant political subjects are becoming gradually international and resolved at the international level. They are solved either through the United Nation (UN), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), or through the World Trade Organization (WTO). Therefore, within Europe, political enigmas are often solved through the European Union. Furthermore, many international organizations have evolved over the past…

to potential, the children learns to internalize the lifeworld, so they can figure things out in a reliable fashion and learn social cues and norms. (Pusey 1988: 105). In contrast to the lifeworld, the system changes the lifeworld by combining the economic and power pieces of society. However, both lifeworld and system come together and create a “tug of war” (Datta 2018: 37). The communicative process that comes from the lifeworld leads to reason and agreement of societal norms. This lifeworld…

reduction of new-borns from 52,977 to 46,965 in 2003. Originally my parents were expecting an economic recovery after Asian Financial Crisis, and that it would still be possible to accomplish my hope of having siblings if that the general societal circumstances become less unclear. However, it had proved to be a disappointment as mentioned above, the huge mistake of Tung Chee-Hwa’s governance in the economic and livelihood aspects as almost half of the Hong Kong people agreed on had posed…

Does communism work? Most people would answer no to this question. However it's still being used in today's world. Communism is about everybody being equal, but that rarely happens. The government owns everything; therefore they have more than all the common people. Many people living in a communist country are oblivious to the fact the people in their government are prospering and they're living off abundance less. Animal Farm by George Orwell goes into the ideas of communism. A group of…