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Question: How far do you think observing a visible religious activity, such as a festival, can help you to understand the part a religion plays in the life of an individual or a community? 81%

Answer: Studying a religious activity can be very useful research to someone unfamiliar with a particular religion, there is a plethora of information that can be acquired from watching followers participate in festivals, services and other religious activities. Not only are we able to educate ourselves with the physical and material components of the religion, such as, rituals and routines, dress and iconography; but also, differing attitudes towards men, women and children, and what part it plays in the lives of those who devote their whole existence to their god. Although one of the smallest of the monotheistic religions, Judaism is familiar to many people. Many can identify a Jewish man from the Skullcap he wears on the crown of his head and perhaps have seen or visited a Synagogue but for most this is the extent of their knowledge of Judaism.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: In what ways does the writer’s use of language convey the different moods she describes?

Answer: In this extract from her autobiographical novel “Hidden Lives”, Margaret Forster uses a variety of language devices to convey the changing mood as she realises that her education is to continue at the High School. The mood changes can be separated into two main categories, which happen to be divided by the two paragraphs. These feelings are initially conveyed by Forsters’ word choice. Words like “dizzy”, “struggle”, “pitiful”, “anxious” and “tragic” all add to the atmosphere full of desperation, nerves and longing as she waits for the letter to arrive.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: Compare and contrast elite and Marxist theories of the nature and distribution of political power.

Answer: Marxist and elite theories have both similarities and differences. Within each perspective there is also some note worthy variation, as well as several commonly held assumptions........(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: Evaluate TWO different sociological explanations for the continued existence of gender inequality.

Answer: Marxist accounts of gender inequality emerged, in part, from the work of Engels. He traces the historical evolution of gender inequality as the mode of production changes. Both the ideology and the institutions which support gender inequality are seen as part of the superstructure reproducing the existing relations of production. Modern Marxist explanations focus on capitalism itself (and not on a patriarchal society) as the source of inequality. It is argued that this inequity will be surmounted by a future communist revolution rather than the liberation of women.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: Show what would happen in a market if the government placed a tax on a normal good. Who would bear the burden of the tax, and how would the burden be reflected in supply and demand conditions? Explain why there is a tendency for taxes to have social costs, and why, even so, they may still be justifiable.

Answer: Tax revenue is the biggest source of income for any government. Higher the tax revenue for the government, results in more funds available for it to spend and less for firms and individual consumers. Hence, the implications and the consequences of tax are a major issue in microeconomics. Individuals and the businesses are the general source of tax revenues for the government in an economy. There are two types of taxation, which the government can use: Direct and Indirect Taxation. Direct tax is that tax which is levied on income, either of individuals as income-tax or on businesses such as corporation tax.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: ‘The theory of an underclass offers an inadequate explanation of the social position of ethnic minorities in Britain.’ Discuss.

Answer: The idea of an underclass was engendered from the critical view of Marx’s theory of class, offered by Weber and those swayed by his analysis of industrial society. Class and other forms of inequity are seen as the result of the free-for-all in the market place for scarce resources and the tendency of groups to gain advantages by excluding others.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: In not more than 300 words, discuss the ways in which modern football stadia are similar to the architecture of the Colosseum in Rome, and how they differ from it.

Answer: The architectural style of the Colosseum, built almost two thousand years ago, has influenced today’s British football grounds which echo it in terms of both form and function. Wembley boasts the same oval shape, towers, arches and classical detailing as the Colosseum, and both were built to be modern, aesthetically outstanding and display the power and stability of their respective Empires. This similar form reflects the similar functions; the Colosseum hosted a variety of fighting while Wembley has hosted everything from football to the Olympics to dog racing.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: Read “To My Books”, a sonnet by Caroline Norton (1808-77). Write a critical analysis of the poem in 300-400 words, paying particular attention to form, imagery and voice.

Answer: The sonnet is an extremely powerful and well-constructed form of poetry with several defining features: a strong rhyme scheme, the progression of ideas through its fourteen lines and the appealing voice of a dramatised speaker. Caroline Norton’s poem, “To My Books”, exemplifies the major attributes of the sonnet form. In poetry ‘form’ is the structure and arrangement of words, and in the sonnet this is of particular importance. “To My Books” takes on the format of a Shakespearean sonnet; most of its lines being ten syllable iambic pentameter, divided into three quatrains and a rhyming couplet.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: It is claimed that there has been an \"explosion of knowledge\" in the contemporary UK. Weigh up the arguments and evidence for this suggestion drawing on material, from at least two chapters of Book 5.

Answer: This essay will seek to demonstrate support for the explosion of knowledge in the contemporary UK claimed by some using examples from scientific and medical traditions specifically and more general areas as evidence for its conclusions. A basic definition of knowledge; \"the facts or experiences known by a person or a group of people\" (Collins 1997 p634) serves only to elicit more questions about it. Social scientists look to answer these questions by examining roles of individuals, societies, experts, institutions, modes of assimilation and distribution. They look at its effect on societies and subsequently society\'s effect on it, examining power relations, risk, uncertainty and other impacts implicit in the proliferation and democratization of knowledge. What constitutes an explosion of knowledge?......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

Question: To what extent has the sovereignty of the nation-state been undermined by globalisation?

Answer: This essay examines effects of globalisation on sovereignty of nation-states based on globalisation to an extent showing how, although the nation-state’s authority and power is eroded, overall effects are not as large as some imagine. Within this argument inequalities of world power distribution and continuing dominance by powerful nation-states will be highlighted. A nation-state is as an area with robustly defined borders separating it from other states, has common internal laws and rules, exercises authority and wields power inside these borders, accepting no external influence, and claims autonomous right to rule itself and its people. This right constitutes its sovereignty. Globalisation is a modern-day (last 25 years) phenomenon with multidimensional processes. Its everyday influence permeates cultural, political, and economic social relations with roots in economic liberalism ideology. It takes advantage of the growing global interconnectedness afforded by better communication and transport networks reorganising spatial relations to encompass the world.......(short extract) to download the full answer, please Sign in or Register then make a payment or submit an essay

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