Essays about: "Durkheim"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 15 essays containing the word Durkheim.
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11. The issue of sexual violence against women in contemporary India.
University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : India is often described to be a country with a fast growing economy and progressive indicators of human development. However, over the last decade there has been a growing concern of increased reporting of sexual violence in India which seems to contradict the first description. READ MORE
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12. Schooling: so much more than algebra. : The way school disciplines.
University essay from Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : The objective of this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of the disciplinary purpose of elementary school by asking authorities to define it in relation to education which takes place outside of school, and how school shapes the behavior of children by examining how the ones who deviate from its discipline are viewed and treated by its experts. In order to answer this I have used a phenomenological approach by interviewing several individuals’ common understanding of the disciplinary purpose of school, and found that the school disciplines by the use of surface-rearing, in-depth rearing, and group conformity. READ MORE
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13. Shouting in the Dark? The Arab Spring as an Expression of Social Anomie in the Bahraini context
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : In the beginning of 2012, on the 25th of January, Egyptians celebrated the first anniversary of Egyptian Revolution, while Bahrain’s anniversary of the February 14 Revolution was marked by violent protest demanding social, political and economic reforms and an end to discriminating policies. Even though one year passed since these revolutionary movements spread from Tunisia all over the Arab world, social scientists still do not provide adequate frameworks to understand and reconstruct the causes and effects of these popular movements. READ MORE
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14. Is the effect of income on the suicide rate always negative? A test of Barnes' theory
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : Durkheim’s socioeconomic hypothesis of suicide has been a popular theory to test for sociologists. However the results have been mixed, offering very little cumulative sociological knowledge. READ MORE
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15. Social Cohesion and Suicide: Testing Durkheim's conjecture
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between suicide rates and social cohesion at a cross-country level. Social cohesion is defined as heterogeneity in preferences and measured as the standard deviation in multiple choice questions from the World Value Survey. READ MORE
