Alcohol is a huge problem in the world today. It was mans first drug (Monroe, 1994, p.5). So now “alcoholism is the number one drug problem in the United States” (Monroe, 1994, p.17). So in my research paper I will tell you the problems, solutions, and the basics of alcohol. Researchers believe that alcohol related problems have gone far enough.
You might want to know how alcohol is made and some basic facts and statistics about it. “All alcohol is made the same way- from fermentation or the process of yeasts changing sugars into ethyl alcohol” (Monroe, 1994, p.21). Since there are many different kinds of alcohol there is different kinds of yeasts used to make them (Monroe, 1994, p.21). The yeasts that are used to make alcohol are called sugar fungi (Monroe, 1994, p.21). The making of alcohol is such a big business that in 1990 the United States produced over eight billion gallons of it (Monroe, 1994, p.21). There is so much alcohol made that it produces some big numbers in statistics. Alcohol is the third leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States with one hundred thousand deaths a year(http://www.alcoholism.com). There are over thirteen million eight hundred thousand people with drinking problems in the United States (http://www.alcoholism.com). Plus the studies show that twenty percent of suicide victims are alcoholics (http://www.alcoholism.com). Read more…
Two of the major theories of society are: the Social Structure Theory and the Social Action Theory. In the following essay I will discuss the key concepts of both theories and then proceed to show the similarities and differences between both theories.
The Social Structure Theory that is the focus of this essay is the Functionalist approach. Two key theorists in this field are Durkheim - who worked on suicide and religion - and Parsons - who worked with the family. Functionalists view the various institutions of society [Family, education, religion, law] as being reciprocal and thus to understand any single part of society the society as a whole must be studied. Durkhiem and Parsons saw society in the form of a biological analogy, in that each parts of society were seen to be working together to the benefit of the other parts. Also each part of society depended on the other parts of society in order to function. For instance, in the Human body there are many vital organs and vessels that facilitate the continuation of the person’s life. The lungs are useless without the heart, arteries, stomach, brain, liver, kidneys, intestines and so on. In this analogy the human body represents society while the key parts of society [that is, the key institutions such as: Education; Family; Political System, Legal System, Economic Bodies, Media, Cultural Bodies and Religious Bodies] are represented by the vital organs of the body. Each institution relies on the other in order for society as a whole to operate. Read more…
Sociology is the systematic and scientific study of the society and its components. Sociologists study society combining both theoretical and practical methods.
Sociology is the detailed analysis of society based on its different components, which are as follows:
a) Social Component – which constituted by family, education, politics and economy. These components are further classified as follows:
1. Family – marriage, kinship, nuclear family, extended family
2. Economy – marketing, investment, savings, ownership
3. Politics – leadership, parties, election
4. Education
b) Cultural Component – which is constituted by language, religion, norms, values, habits, arts, tradition etc.
c) Physical Component – which includes the climate, environment, resources etc. Read more…
Within the social sciences there exists a common subject that links the various disciplines together. That is the scientific study of pattern and diversity in human adaptive behavior. Pattern and diversity distinguishes humans from all other living things, but does not make us unique or better. This adaptive behavior is locally patterned and globally diverse. Although it is genetically transmittable, learned behavior is not. Anthropology is the scientific study of human beings from a biological, social and humanistic perspective. Sociology is the scientific study of social relations or group life of a society. These two disciplines have similar ideas in their practices of material field and conceptions. They also have differences in their forms of methodologies.
There are four basic elements that are used in studying a discipline. They are conception, material field, methodologies, and subject-matter claims. Conceptions create images for structure and dynamics underlying observable phenomena. A discipline’s material field is the common-sense principality of objects and events that the discipline studies. Methodologies establish images of safe procedure and a clear conclusion by which a material field may be understood. Methodologies prescribe specific methods for collecting data that are used to evaluate a discipline’s conception. Subject matter claims are highly selective pictures of its material field that are made from inferences drawn out of individual methodological rules for the purpose of evaluating particular conceptions. Read more…
A large number of topics exist in the Sociology field – everything from cultural related studies through MMORPGs and relationships. When you write a good Sociology dissertation, you can pick from any topic or subject that you desire. Brainstorming is a great approach to developing the ideas you may want to use for your Sociology dissertation. If you are struggling with a topic or problem statement, sit down and start writing anything from your course work that comes to mind – anything you read, wrote in previous papers, or even talked about in your courses. As you write, you will discover that there are a great many ideas you could develop into a problem or topic statement that will lead you straight into your research. Read more…
