Urban sociology

Richard Yates’ Revolutionary Road was first published in 1961. This cult classic centers around a couple, Frank and April Wheeler, who lives in a suburban area. These two characters believe they are better than those surrounding them who apply to the norms of suburbia such as conformity, unity, and exclusivity. In a society such as this one, finding and maintaining an original identity is deceiving. The novel begins with a theatrical letdown, and it appears that every event thereafter ends in…

commonality of being located in an urban area. Presumably many of the parents…

Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America is a book that pledges the importance of city planning and believes that the deliberate, methodical structure that we give to where we live will reflect back into how we live our lives. Jeff Speck, author of the book and esteemed city planner, claims that one of the most important features of city planning should be the city’s accessibility to pedestrians, a feature Speck sees as being largely and mistakenly ignored in today’s more car-focused era. He…

Consumer preference for low-density urban development has taken a toll on the quintessential American city. In a “Decomposing urban sprawl,” Peiser identifies “…that consumer preference and technological innovations help explain suburbanization and decentralization.” By the same report, these factors are further augmented by …”market failures caused by all manners of subsidies…and that public goods such as open space tend to be under-supplied by the private market” (Peiser, 2001). This…

In the readings by Schorske and Berman, the motifs behind the concept of the modern city and the rise of industrialization are focalized/elaborated upon. In particularly, Schorske presents his explication by revolving around three central themes: the city as a means of virtue in the Enlightenment, the city as a means of vice as industrialization rose, and the city as a means of the good and the bad, developed through the likes of an expanding intellectual attitude. Berman, on the other hand,…

Sociology is the investigation of social life, social change, and the social results of human conduct. Sociologists research the structure of gatherings associations, and societies and how individuals interact inside these settings. Sociology is an energizing and lighting up field of study that examines and clarifies essential matters in our personal lives, our groups, and the world. At the personal level, sociology examines the social causes and results of such things as sentimental adoration,…

Dubois born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts (Collins and Makowsky, 2010, pg. 169), was “a pioneer in service learning, policy and public sociology, and the utilization of methodological triangulation” (Wortham, 2005). He is considered “one of the founding figures in American sociology” due to his application of the scientific methods in sociology (Wortham, 2005). The Negro Church, where he looked into African Americans church membership, the amount of school age children attending…

of varying cultures affect the concentration of certain demographic characteristics and can also pinpoint the likelihood of urban…

identity is certainly problematic due to the impact that colonisation had upon the Indigenous Australians. The term Aboriginal now encompasses a diverse mix of people living in urban, rural and remote environments who have differing degrees of Indigenous ancestry and relation to traditional…

I advanced in my academic career, I became more interested in the study of marginalized societies and cultures. Thus, instead of pursuing a career as a clinical psychologist, I have decided to pursue a PhD in Anthropology or Sociology. As a Doctor of Anthropology or Sociology, I hope to add to our understanding of underrepresented and marginalized communities in order to improve the resources needed to aid the members of these communities. Moreover, I hope to share my knowledge and research with…