An article recently published in "The Times," titled "Unhappy Daughters: How We are Raising a Troubled Generation," sparked my interest, as writer Helen Rumbelow comments on a new generation of young children with a "Princess Syndrome"." She not only addresses the recent trend in girls growing to be madly materialistic, but she also notes our ˜little angels' are only fading into what society's high expectation of what a young woman should be. ...

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"Examine the major contributions and criticisms of critical theory to the understanding of social life in both the modern and contemporary society." The 'Frankfurt school' of critical theory founded in 1923 in German mainly aimed to bring together different types of Marxist thinking to construct an 'important version of neoMarxism' (Agger, 1998:78; Ricoeur, 1974:21-22). The Frankfurt school includes well known theorists such as Max Horkeimer, Ardono, and Jürgen Habermas (who was responsible for the advance to second generation of the Frankfurt school) (Geuss, 1...

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The authors note that the current study is limited by the LEMAS data collected in that it does not categorize the types of oversight committee models and their respective authorities (Wilson & Buckler, 2010). ... Civilian oversight on policing has been an ongoing focus and sparked much debate between law enforcement, police unions, and citizens. ...

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Homelands would initially spark concern by capitalist constituencies of agriculture and mining since it was believed that it would lock away labor into their own independent state entities. ... White South African Business found the racist pass system extremely functional since what a pass did was essentially lock laborers into contracts and avoid them from desertion (Boner,1980,11) .This was achieved since not only did the pass work as an identity document but as indicator of employment , previous employment and comments on the workers ability and sub ordinance to his employer and therefore ...

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While Mayor Michael Bloomberg's soda that put limits on big, sugary drinks has been caught up in controversy in New York City, another ban on drink in Chicago is now controversially underway. Different from NY soda ban that gained public attention due to hardcore actions of Mayor Bloomberg despite s...

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At the time this Report is being released, the world economy continues to emerge slowly from the most serious economic crisis of the post–World War II period-one that has deeply transformed the global economy and highlighted the increasingly important role that emerging markets and developing economies play in the global economy. As advanced economies are searching for ways to speed up their economic engines, emerging and developing countries have been important drivers of the global economic recovery. As a result, the nature of the relationship between advanced economies and emerging on...

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