C: Sociology & Sociology of culture

C: Sociology & Sociology of culture (223)

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Differences in student success rates in remedial mathematics courses as a function of the instructional format (i.e., traditional face-to-face and computer-assisted) were investigated in this study.Data from the 2012-2013 through the 2014-2015 academic years from a single Texas community college were analyzed.For the 3 academic years examined, statistically significant differences were p...
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Authors Edrel Z. Stoneham, George W. Moore, John R. Slate, C. Martinez-Garcia
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Page No. 95 to 101

This study examines the experiences of one Black individual (Wilkine Brutus) who worked as a teacher and one Black individual (Sam Okyere) who was a university student in South Korea. The purpose of this study was to understand the meaning of Blackness in South Korea and how it is constructed, how anti-Black sentiments affect Black individuals, and how Black individuals - given the oppor...
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Authors Hyein Amber Kim
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Page No. 85 to 94

Drawing on labour process theory and Bourdieu‟s field theory, this study explores the challenges that newspapers face in maintaining their relevance to readers in an age where news has been de-commoditised and made readily available on the web. Empirically the study is based on four case studies of incidents where different newspapers were reported to the Press Ombudsman fo...
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Authors Sibonile Linda Khumalo
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Page No. 37 to 76

The Cult of Honor
Published In: GJHSS Part: C: Sociology & Sociology of culture Volume: 17 Issue: 1
The cult of honor is second of four stages in the fullest possible development of society (credit where due to Spencer’s Social Statics). It often devolves into its antithesis, the ‘cult of dignity’, (Herrman,2017) thereby diminishing what the cult of honor otherwise provides, namely,the quality of our militaries, religious structures, prof...
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Authors C. S. Herrman
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Page No. 1 to 21

This paper deals with the impacts of functional adult literacy education on farmer’s production. Identifying the means through which functional adult literacy increases and/or decreases farmers’ production, and finding out associated advantages and negative side of the program are the objectives of the study. In depth interview was used to collect primar...
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Authors Hassen Nagesso, Tariku Ayele, Berhanu Nigussie
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Page No. 77 to 84

The study was conducted to investigate the indigenous knowledge and institutions contributing natural forest conservation in Yayo and Gechi woredas in Iluabbabor zone, Oromia regional state, southwest Ethiopia. To this end survey was conducted with 120 randomly selected household heads. Moreover, in-depth interviews were employed with informants to collect information required for the st...
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Authors Gudina Abashula, Disasa Merga and Hassen Nagesso
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Page No. 23 to 36

Socio –economic class may be defined as relatively permanent and homogenous division in a society into which individuals or families sharing similar values, life styles, interests and behaviours can be categorised. As such, information relating to socio –economic and cultural characteristics of citizens are vital information in the formulation of workabl...
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Authors OkeyinkaYetunde Ronke
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Page No. 75 to 82

In Ethiopian politico-legal history, since 1995 the federal constitution was built on the principle of accommodating diversity and shared distribution of power and responsibilities between the central, regional and local governments. However, disagreements on the effective protection of the rights of ethnic and occupational minorities are tremendous. Both the Federal and regional governm...
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Authors Gebreslassie Kiros
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Page No. 69 to 74

Asset Based Approach towards Community Development, the case study of Wormuma kebele, Wolaita zone, Southern Ethiopia’ isa descriptive study which aimed at recounting the role of working with assets towards of development of community. Both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analyses were employed in the study; yet the bulky of data utilized in t...
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Authors Muluken Tamirat
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Page No. 59 to 67

This paper describes about the review of The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism, which was written by Max Weber, translated by Talcott Parsons, and introduced by Anthony Giddens in 2005 in the publishing link of Routledge: London and New work. Weber produced most of his major works in the late 1800s and early 1900s (Glatzer, 1998). Weber was identified more as a historian who ...
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Authors Nahom Eyasu
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Page No. 49 to 58

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