Week 8 Discussion Forum: Religion Define the basic concepts of religion and explain how the how each of the three theoretical approaches directs us toward different social aspects of religion. Using examples from your textbook, discuss the extent to which U.S. religion has become secularized. Explain how the reading on civil religion on the everyday…

Discussion Board CH 3: Immigration and Migration How can we use an intersectional perspective to better understand the experience of immigration and migration? Use a specific example in your discussion. Discuss how social institutions can and have shaped immigration and migration in the US. Pick one of the legal matters or concerns discussed in this…

Answer each question thoroughly (a minimum of two full paragraphs – a paragraph consists of approximately five-six sentences; I’m not going to count, but be sure your answers are substantive, not just a sentence or two). Use your best sociological and critical thinking. 1. What is a social problem? Using a social problem as an…

What do you believe the federal minimum wage should be? Be sure to take a sociological perspective and reference the concept of living wage while crafting a 3-page argument. Background Information: On January 14, 2021, as President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package, he urged Congress to raise the federal minimum wage…

The book The Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy is a sweeping tutorial on money, the economy, debt, exchange, and a number of other issues (like environmental degradation, inequality, austerity programs, etc.). The short animation Money Moksha is a broad overview of the content in Rocket Scientists’ Guide to Money and the Economy.…

Paper #2: Bourdieu Analysis on the Reproduction of Class Inequality in the US This paper requires you to apply Pierre Bourdieu’s theory to how class inequalities are reproduced in the US. There are two articles in your reader, pgs. 282-302, that detail the various ways that the upper class in the US maintain and reproduce…

Research Paper PLEASE READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY Research Paper(8 pages) 100 Points A Sociology Research Paper on a specific work-related issue or controversy, addressing the following points(which will serve as an outline for your paper): 1-A description of the problem ; 10 points 2-How does it constitute a social problem for society; 10 points 3-How widespread…

Greetings Class, This is an extra credit assignment worth 10 points. The assignment will help you experience and understand the importance of social ties. At the link below, you can participate in a program that will put you in contact with a person experiencing homelessness in a safe manner. For this assignment you are only…

Please use attached resources Discussion Board Participation consists of: 1-Posting a response to the assigned question in each module question 1) (use most of the word count for question 1) 2-A response to another student consists of an evaluation of the other students’ responses. (responding to response 1 & 2) 3-Responses that merely indicate an…

This paper requires you to reflect on the normality of racism. Using the society, you are to identify a specific unit of analysis and identify the meaningful ways microaggressions operate to victimize the oppressed. You will be allowed to stretch definitions microaggression to include all forms of interactions informed by unequal power relationships. While one…