The Benefits of Mandatory Community Service
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A 3 page discussion of the many benefits of community service. The author contends that enacting mandatory one-year community service requirements for individuals between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one would have advantages for the community as well as for the individual. This contention is supported with a brief look at volunteer services as they exist today. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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THE BRADYS AND THE COSBYS: REALITY TELEVISION?
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This 5-page paper examines "The Brady Bunch" and "The Cosby Show," and determines if these television programs adequately portrayed reality when it came to family relationships. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTbracos.rtf

The Catered Wedding in Georgia
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(10 pp) Is this the time when you look for the manual that says, "How to Plan a Stress Free Wedding?" Or my fantasy favorite, "It's Your Wedding - It Should Be Fun." However we will go with the idea that planning, or thinking things through will certainly help with the stress level and the costs. Planning a catered wedding reception dinner for three hundred people is the challenge of this discussion. Bibliography lists 8 sources plus 2 photos of wedding in Atlanta Botanical Gardens.
Filename: BBcatwed.doc

THE CHANGING FORCE OF GENDER DYNAMICS
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This 3-page paper introduces the concept of women in the workplace, spelling out the hypothesis that one reason why women can't get ahead is because both men and women continue to be programmed to behave as they did in a hunter-gatherer society (i.e., men hunting, women tending the home front).
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The Communist Manifesto as a Perfect Utopian Model
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This 5 page paper argues that Marxism is brilliant but man has flaws and so cannot implement the model properly. The paper also suggests that communism has never been implemented in the way that Marx laid out which is the reason for its failure. Communism is compared with socialism. No additional sources cited.
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The Fate of Social Democracy in the Neoliberal Era
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Both the social democratic and communist wings of the socialist movement attempted to change society by working to save the oppressed from a capitalist state. The reason for the failure of socialism was that it was being used to gain power, a capitalist stance. Yet, capitalism is also falling prey to the very thing Marx said would happen -- the need for power by the few would drive a wedge between the people and government. The theory behind this wedge is neoliberalism. Marx predicted this wedge would lead to failure of the system because the social infrastructure would be destroyed, and he is not far off his mark. Outline and References. Bibliography lists 6 sources. jvNeoSoc.rtf
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The Growing Trend of Chinese Tourism
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A 10 page paper detailing the increase in Chinese tourism which the world has witnessed in the past two decades. Supplementing the text with six charts, graphs and tables detailing the statistics of this trend, the author supports the contention that while practically unheard of at the beginning of the twentieth century, China now serves as a point of origin for a considerable proportion of the world’s tourist trade. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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The Intent of More's Utopia
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This 3 page paper examines this well known classic. Did More mean the message to be taken literally? The work is discussed. Quotes are included. No additional sources cited.
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The Promise of the Open Society
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This 8 page paper examines both closed and open societies. Examples are provided. The concepts are discussed ideologically. Communism is the model used to discuss an example of a closed society. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The Sociological Implications of Cloning
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This 4 page paper examines cloning and the sociological implications of it. What a world with cloning might be liked is imagined. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Transformation of Everyday Life and the Evolution of a "Creative Class"
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A 5 page review of Richard Florida's "The Rise of the Creative Class and How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life". Examining the presumed experiences of two time travelers, one who travels from 1900 to 1950 and the other who travels from 1950 to the present, the contention is presented that neither has our technology been responsible for the shaping of our culture nor have the stronger members in our society imposed their values on the rest of the world in order to shape this culture. Instead we have changed because we sought change and the evolution of a Creative Class has been a critical element in this process. No additional sources are listed.
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Trouble in Paradise - Character Disillusionment in Brave New World
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A 4-page paper that examines the disillusionment of the characters of Linda, Helmholtz Watson, and John the Savage in Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel Brave New World. Discussed are reasons why Linda felt that she belonged solely to the new world, why Watson felt that he belonged to both the old world and the new world, and why John felt that he belonged to neither world. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Utilitarianism: For The Greater Good
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5 pages in length. Engineer Bill, who understands the essence of greater good, is faced with the most difficult decision of his life: does he rescue a single little girl who is caught upon the railroad tracks at the expense of one hundred people who are headed for certain death, or does he spare those hundred people in exchange for one little girl's life? When adopting the utilitarian perspective in relation to this quandary, the student will find that the primary motivation is what impacts the most people and reflects an outcome for the greater good; as such, Engineer Bill will save the trainload of passengers and forfeit Sarah's life. No bibliography.
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Utopia According to Marx and Rousseau
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This 12 page paper provides an overview of utopian societies as discerned by Marx and Rousseau. The philosophers are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Utopian and Dystopian Literature Between 1500 and 2000
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the type of literature to emanate from the time period. Apocalyptic literature is touched on. Machiavelli's The Prince is one work that is explored. More's Utopia is also discussed. The paper focuses on literature in the 1500s but also goes touches on the centuries to follow. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Utopian Societies:
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This 3 page paper examines the utopian societies presented in "Brave New World" and "Walden Two". These stories are compared and contrasted in regards to how the utopian society is achieved and the means by which the governments gain their control. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: GSWaltwo.rtf

Walden Two, A Behaviorist Utopia
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A 12 page research paper/essay that, first of all, discusses behaviorism, what it is and how it started and then moves on to discussing B.F. Skinner’s 1948 novel Walden Two. With this material as introduction and background, the writer then offers a detailed discussion of a personal vision for what constitutes a utopian society. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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