It is with this concept of invisibility that Villanueva's ideology intersects with the discourse on subjugation of a minority group. While language is an important part in the discourse of equality, Villanueva stresses the concept of "rhetoric" as a better tool in understanding the "limitations" of mobility. ... The source is not necessarily the person or dominant force, but rather their actions and methods to achieving and maintaining power. ... Through Villanueva's narrative discourse in stride with theoretical exposition, he illustrates how a rhetoric reform an...

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In general though, feminist theorists in order to explain the marginal position women's issues hold in the social sciences - and why they are merely "added on" in the academic discourse, focus their critique upon traditional scientific approaches existing in the social sciences, offering alternative theories of knowledge. ... Finally, in the end we will suggest that feminist epistemologies strongly challenge not only the theoretical basis of conventional epistemologies, but its application to the methods of investigating the social world as well, offering feminist versions of traditional ...

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As the inner-city minority neighborhoods become increasingly poor vis -vis society as a whole, it becomes increasingly likely that the members of the television news media will not come from this area of society and continue to promote the fixed images they have developed of these neighborhoods, perhaps ignoring other methods to present the problems of the inner-city. ... The gang problem becomes a constructed image with great power in public discourse. ...

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As the inner-city minority neighborhoods become increasingly poor vis -vis society as a whole, it becomes increasingly likely that the members of the television news media will not come from this area of society and continue to promote the fixed images they have developed of these neighborhoods, perhaps ignoring other methods to present the problems of the inner-city. ... The gang problem becomes a constructed image with great power in public discourse. ...

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I will begin by explaining my research methods and providing a brief description of what the subjects work involves. ... METHOD The main sources I have used for this paper are the responses to questions I posed during face-to-face interviews and the respondents' available occupational histories. ...

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When large segments of populations are displaced by natural or man-made disasters, people become separated from time-honored roots of language, culture, and social bonds. As a result, displaced peoples are forced to create new social and economic relations in the areas to which they re-locate, as well as change existing social dynamics in the receiving society. As the 21st century progresses, the effects of climate change, environmental degradation, and growing economic inequality dramatically increases the potential for displacement and social conflicts in vulnerable regions all over the glob...

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What makes a society civil? This is surely one of the most important questions to ponder in macro-political theory. For so much else depends on our view of civilized behavior. The meaning and purpose of society, what we ought to do, and what we hope to accomplish " all these are fundamental...

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Such fragmentation in the state's discourse is reflected in the ad hoc and contradictory nature of many of its policies, especially those relating to women. ... Thus whatever the method it goes without saying, that given the nature of the sates role in advancing such policies, it is women who end up as being the main sufferers. ... Regardless of the adoption of birth-control methods, an increasing number of women and their children have been driven to work, out of sheer destitution, while at the same time, women traditionally engaged in agricultural production (given the existing division...

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Social welfare is an encompassing and imprecise term, but most often it is defined in terms of organized activities or some other factor that suggests procedure and programs to answer to identified social problems or to ameliorate the well-being of those at risk. To define social welfare in terms of programs or problems alone, however, is to miss a larger and more enduring element. Chatterjee (1985) observed that social welfare is concerned with the right order of relationships in society; that is, it is some ideal of the way in which some society works and fits together to form a suitable pl...

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As it relates to countries implementing this Social partnership practice, (Murphy, 2002) emphasized in this journal that the governance methods within Ireland involves the Social partnership model which is based on employer's, trade unions and farmers since 1987. ... Both primary and secondary research methods were utilised throughout this research project. ...

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