“The California Cauldron”: A Review of the Problems Relating to Immigration Which are Facing California
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A 4 page review of William A. Clark’s “The California Cauldron”, a book which explores the impacts of recent immigration on California. Clark explores the changes in laws and other factors which have led California to become one of the most demographically evolving regions in the United States. While many of the changes which have been incurred by the state as a whole, there are adverse impacts to this high level of immigration. Californian immigration has, in fact, both social and spatial consequences. Clark investigates these impacts and asserts that if the current immigration patterns are maintained not only the state but also the nation could suffer dire consequences. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPimgrCa.rtf
Paper Title: “The California Cauldron”: A Review of the Problems Relating to Immigration Which are Facing California

“The social problem of gang culture as addressed by Malcolm Klein”
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A seven page paper which looks at the phenomenon of gang culture and the way in which the sociologist Malcolm Klein assesses the causes, definitions and solutions to the problem of increasing numbers of gangs in urban areas. Bibliography lists 1 source
Filename: JLgangsklein.wps
Paper Title: “The social problem of gang culture as addressed by Malcolm Klein”

“There Are No Children Here”: Sociological Tactics for Intervention in the “Other America”?
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A 5 page discussion of the factors causing the extreme poverty and hardship illustrated in this book by Alex Kotliwitz. Far from fictional the gangs, violence, and drugs depicted in this book are very real and to overcome them we have to somehow dissolve the social stratification which has separated mainstream America from the “other America” throughout our history. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPnoChld.rtf
Paper Title: “There Are No Children Here”: Sociological Tactics for Intervention in the “Other America”?

“Three Strikes”: A Review of the Early History of Labor Unrest
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A 5 page analysis of the circumstances and meanings presented in the book by Howard Zinn, Dana Frank, and Robin Kelley. Broken into three major sections, each authored by either Zinn, Frank, or Kelley, this book details the bloody Colorado Coal Strike of 1913-1914, the Detroit Woolworth's Strike of 1937, and the New York Musicians Strike of 1936-1937. Although only the Detroit Woolworth Strike was won, these labor strikes will forever memorialize internal labor movement relations of the early half of the twentieth century. The author of this paper contends that the progress made in these strikes are directly applicable to the contemporary working environment as well. No additional sources are listed.
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Paper Title: “Three Strikes”: A Review of the Early History of Labor Unrest

“Wake Up America: A National Sleep Alert”
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A 5 page reaction paper to the report “Wake Up America: A National Sleep Alert” by the National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
Filename: RAsleep9.rtf
Paper Title: “Wake Up America: A National Sleep Alert”

“Working Class Majority” and “Nickel and Dimed”
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A comparison of the content and message contained in these books by Michael Zweig and Barbara Ehrenreich. Each of these authors targets the latter half of the 1990s to present an expose of a societal situation which they find unacceptable. Both are concerned with the definition of class in America and the societal factors which interact to define the respective classes. While Zweig approaches the problems of class in America from a statistical perspective Ehrenreich takes a slightly different approach, shedding her identity as an award-winning journalist and infiltrating blue collar America as an unskilled worker. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPworkCl.rtf
Paper Title: “Working Class Majority” and “Nickel and Dimed”

"Black Elk Speaks" and "Bread Givers": Acculturation
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A 5 page paper which discusses two forms of acculturation that appear in "Black Elk Speaks" translated by John Neihardt. These conditions are then compared to similar realities presented in "Bread Givers" by Anzia Yezierska. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAblckbrd.wps
Paper Title: "Black Elk Speaks" and "Bread Givers": Acculturation

"Cat's Cradle" – Relationship To Sociology
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4 pages in length. The most obvious meaning throughout the story is that of social control. Indeed, Vonnegut knew all along the impact his novel would have upon the world, not only for its advances in the scientifically bizarre but also in the manner in which it reached out to humanity's inherent desire for social control. How the author is so effective at interweaving such a complex yet intriguing tale of sociological impact is just part of Vonnegut's talent for delving into the obscure. His visions have been instrumental in taking audiences to places that exist only in his somewhat askew concept of reality; there is no doubt that Vonnegut's quest for the unusual became the focal point of "Cat's Cradle," incorporating into its quirkiness the very essence of social control. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCCatsCradl.rtf
Paper Title: "Cat's Cradle" – Relationship To Sociology

"Community" And "Aggregate"
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3 pages in length. The terms "aggregate" and "community" - while seeming to share a foundation of similarity - are actually as polar opposite as any two natural elements that repel each other; not only do these disparate groups fail to share anything but the humans who populate them, but their strikingly different structures illustrate how one is based within an underpinning of unity and identity while the other is solely focused upon desire and immediate gratification. In short, communities represent hope, spirit, wholeness, compassion, patience and self-discipline while aggregates reflect urgency, want, unadulterated appetite and self-indulgence. As the community takes into account that what happens to one also happens to the whole, an aggregate is assembled by heterogeneous people for the sole purpose of gleaning a specific goal. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TLCcommunagg.rtf
Paper Title: "Community" And "Aggregate"

"Explaining Globalization" - Review And Evaluation
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3 pages in length. Attempting to escape the unending progression of the global community is akin to digging in sand: The more one tries to fight the sand's natural tendency to fall back into the hole, the more challenging it becomes to create the hole. This article illustrates how globalization has turned into a double-edged sword whereby its intent to improve global interface on a fundamental social, political and economic level has transformed into a viable and beneficial concept for only some of the global communities. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: TLCGlobEval.rtf
Paper Title: "Explaining Globalization" - Review And Evaluation