1. Explain why using the local property tax to finance a given quantity and quality of public schooling can result in low tax rates in affluent jurisdictions but high tax rates in inferior jurisdictions. How do state governments supplement local finance of education to ensure equality of opportunity in education?
Pro: The polarization of the two major parties in recent decades has been a positive development for American democracy given that voters are now being offered a much clearer choice. For democracy to work, voters need to know what the differences are between the parties and policy differences are now clearer for all to see. […]
Name:Task #1: BUILD A CONTEXT: WAR ON THE BRITISH HOMEFRONT In William Golding’s the Lord of the Flies a group of British boys were evacuated from their homes during World War II and it was in the process of this evacuation that their plane was shot down, leaving them stranded on the island. The following […]
Question1Whenyou,asasociologist,say”Ideasmostly coming from religion and they create the development or stagnation of a nation, he is referring to the ideas of: Group of answer choices Max Weber Structural – Functional theory Karl Marx Emile Durkheim Question 220 pts In a Muslim society, the whole month of of Ramadan is dedicated to fasting. Now suppose a […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on many aspects of everyday life around the world. In this context, several aspects have undergone drastic changes: the social roles played and their overlap, primary and secondary socialization experiences, mental health issues (fear of contagion, fear of death, fear of causing the death of loved ones), […]
Greetings, I am currently completing my Ed. Specialist in English Language Learning. I am a virtual teacher with Florida Cyber Charter Academy. I teach 5th grade English Language Arts. This is my tenth year teaching. I have thoroughly enjoyed my program thus far. I’ve learned so many strategies to implement to help my English Language […]
Pick a famous politician, business leader, or celebrity that has been arrested for a crime. What crime did they allegedly commit? Who was the victim/s? Explain their actions from the point of view of one of the major sociological theories (functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interaction- see table in Ch. 7). To get full credit on […]
Your answer should be from a sociological point of view, not your personal opinion. I am grading for understanding. Why do some corporations choose to set up factories in places like Mexico, Bangladesh, or Indonesia? How do corporations benefit from taking their factories outside of first world industrialized nations? Why might the workers continue working […]
Your answer should be from a sociological point of view, not your personal opinion Meritocracy or the “ideal system based on the belief that social stratification is the result of personal effort—or merit—that determines social standing (Ch.9)” is what most of us are socialized to understand our class backgrounds and the class structure of our […]
As Hite and Seitz (2016) discuss in Chapter 9: Alternative Futures, developed and developing countries that have access to the planet’s resources (because they can buy those resources from others or because those resources exist in abundance in that country) continue to grow at a fast pace, placing a tremendous strain on the availability of […]
