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At the same time, the dignity of individual citizens is at the forefront of demands during the Egyptian Revolution. At the societal level, the lack of dignity is felt in many areas: lack of education, opportunities, healthcare, social services, and marriage crises. Police brutality intensely affects an individual’s self worth and identity. Tarek Mansour, an Egyptian citizen states that, “Just go on YouTube and you’ll be shocked at the amount of videos and the things that happen while police…

If someone asks about the existence of social hierarchy, most of the people would answer that they think that social hierarchy exists. In one’s workplace, in one’s town, in one’s house, in one’s church, even in one’s school, the hierarchy exists. There are helpful social hierarchies which help people to be organized, but there are also hierarchies that aggravate segregation, conflict, and quarrel. To kill a mockingbird deals with the hierarchy that existed at that time. The book was published in…

In order to judge a situation using Social Contract theory, we have to understand a few principles behind the theory first. These include the Social Contract, John Rawl 's Principle of Justice, and the Difference Principle. Using these three ideas, we can determine what constitutes a community of people, what makes a moral rule correct, and which correct moral rules would be accepted by a community of people. The Social Contract is this idea that when people come together to form a community,…

Social democracy is a political ideology that supports the economy while also benefiting people who are underpaid for their jobs. This makes sure people can support themselves in society and get more opportunities while they have them. Other factors play a key role as well, such as more regulation to prevent wealthier people from being greedy with the system and to bargain for a good workplace, and making the political system as fairly represented as possible. This way of governing is…

Dreaming? understand social mobility.” (2014), which shocks most audiences who believe in the American dreams that people have equality, the bottom 20% of people only possess 5% of social wealth while the top 20% control more than half. Moreover, for those who were born from lowest one fifth of family, only 10% of them can make it to the top, and if they don’t have high school diploma, the probability will drop sharply to 1%. The tragedy of poor and serious problem of social mobility have…

Throughout this course I have learned a lot of interesting things about Social Work and everything that it entitles. The book that we have been reading throughout the semester, Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare: Empowering people, has taught me about the different aspects of social work. While reading the text there were five specific chapters that stood out to me amongst all of the chapters in the book. These five chapters I believe were the most important and the most interesting.…

What is social identity theory? The title is the question that everyone asks. So, to answer that question, the meaning of the theory is an “interactionist social psychological theory of the role of self-conception and associated cognitive processes and social beliefs in group processes and intergroup relations” (Hogg, 2016). In basic definition, it means how someone identifies themselves in a group setting or a particular group and not in another. Knowing the meaning to the theory is just half…

In medieval England social status and rank are very important in everyday life. The movie “The Knight’s Tale” we see all kinds of social ranks and classes displayed all throughout the story. A couple social classes are the peasants and the nobility class. We are going to find out what these two classes are and the difference between them both. The nobility class is the highest social class, and is the government, knights and the royalty. Like the king, queen or prince. They oversee the land and…

modern technology in social work practice opens the door for a variety of ethical issues and possibility of malpractice suits. The issue of incorporating technology into social practice has raised so much concern that the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) decided to issue a special document that outlines specific standards. The NASW Standards for Technology and Social Work Practice (2005) was created to help guide social workers that use…

Social class is an important factor in society and the economy. Almost every culture uses social class to define one’s place in society. Social class lasts forever since it displays the amount of power and wealth people have. Social class can be defined as a category in society that places people in divisions, in which they have about the same amount of power or wealth. Yet, the way social class is perceived varies in different cultures. In most cultures, social class is based on wealth and…