Social exclusion

In his essay “The Forms of Capital,” French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu discusses the accumulation of cultural capital—particular sets of knowledge and skills often based on class and passed down through social institutions like families—and its ability to reinforce class inequality through its reproduction throughout generations (Bourdieu 47). He argues that one’s academic ability is not necessarily determined by biological or intellectual superiority, but rather determined by one’s…

Statement of Problem Although Karl Marx had been relevant and influential since the 1830s, it was not until he earned his PhD from the University of Jena in 1941 and established himself as an author, academic, and a journalist living between Cologne and Berlin both in Germany (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2015) that his theories began to capture the mind of masses. It was when he penned his signature work, the Communist Manifesto (1948) that he solidified his stance on power and power…

to many debates and conversations about it. There were many debates and policies about race, immigration, nativism, and United States society in the late 19th century, as evidenced by theories such as social Darwinism. Some people were very against immigrants, as demonstrated by the CHinese Exclusion Act, while others were welcoming to them. Muckraking also became more common during this period, as journalist wrote pieces targeting scandal, corruption, and injustice. Progressivism also developed…

Does Social Media Affect the Self-esteem in Both Positive and Negative Ways? Social media is very powerful when it comes to one’s influences, views, and self-esteem. It can cheer a person up or bring a person down just by one small post. Nowadays, social media has developed to become more assessable and easier to operate, which has caused it to flourish in this generation. Due to the convenience of social media on the Internet, many people possess some version of a social media…

Social and economic factors are important determinants of indivisuals and populations wellbeing. The key social and economic factors that determine this are work, social status and education. It is important to understand these determinants in order to gain a insightful perspective of what holistically makes people healthy and well. The social gradient is another important aspect of the determinants of wellbeing which will be discussed in accordance with the interaction of these determinants. To…

system of the capitalist society and expresses the different patterns of socialization that occur within the social class system. Michael Apple views the hidden curriculum through a Neo-Marxist perspective by providing the concept of having both low and high status curriculums of knowledge. (Apple, 1995) The poor and minorities are excluded from high status knowledge. This type of exclusion comes from the ability to filter students into different levels of stratification and eliminating future…

I have learnt that normality is not an objective notion, however, it is subjectively and culturally constructed (Becker & Arnold, 1986, p. 40). Negative repercussions stem from this, as social control and the lack of tolerance for difference, is justifying the discrimination of people with a disability. Notions of ‘normal’ according to Western society views, is something that society is used to, and is an outcome of the expectation that…

distributed, these communities may come to feel isolated from the wider social group that the police represent (Fagan & Davies, 2000). Aggressive police practices such as ‘stop-and-frisk’ (as well as physical abuse have frequently targeted Black individuals concentrated in areas of poverty, high crime, and physical disorder (Fagan & Davies, 2000). The perception of being ‘over-policed’ and ‘under-protected’, has led to sense of social exclusion among many Black individuals (Parmar,…

employment history too. Hence the first negative effect of DACA policy on illegal immigrants’ life is that this policy doesn’t give any assurance whether the information provided at the time of application would not be used to deport them if they failed to fulfill DACA policy requirements. The problem arises as Chishti and Hipsman point out in their article “Key Factors, Unresolved Issues in the New Deferred Action Program for Immigrant Youth will Determine its Success”, trust will be eroded if…

between high and low culture, is now understood to be of no relevance to aesthetic worth, but more to political and social distinctions. Remove the word popular from the question, and the consideration of studying all culture is made, there is little to be dubious of. Williams defined popular culture as the “everyday ordinariness” of life (1958: 93), and this widespread nature makes exclusion of the academic study of popular culture…