Category: Research papers
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Pro-Family Policies: Comparative Study Of Sweden and India
Pro-family policies are those that support traditional families and their values. Family policies are closely related to population policies. This is observed in the cases of Sweden and India below Developing countries face rapid population growth as a threat to their wellbeing whereas many developed countries are forced to battle with very low fertility. Global…
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A Literature Review Of Contemporary Youth Dating Culture In The United States of America
The contemporary youth dating culture in America has evolved over many years. The 19th century saw the fashion of a “calling” style of courtship which gradually evolved into dating in the 20th century. Technological advances such as the automobile provided the youth liberation from their parlors and the freedom to meet in private. The years…
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Having Children: The Individual Versus The State
There are many advantages and disadvantages of having children. These could be classified as economic, psychological, social and physical. The numerous benefits and costs are further influenced by many factors such as the type of country one resides in, what religious norms they follow and what culture and social setting they belong to. Advantages Of…
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Undoing Invisibility: A Review of Feminist Anthropology
Feminist anthropology is an anthropological approach which primarily critiques the century-old phenomena of anthropological bias. It specifically critiques the euro-centric, heteronormative and patriarchally oriented bias (Anderson, 2012). It wishes to encourage the inclusivity of women (and other minorities) in the practice of anthropology. It also promotes the need to acknowledge the subjectivity of the experiences…
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A Reflective Note on Emile’s Durkheim’s ‘The Division of Labour in Society’
The theory of the division of labour was proposed in 1776 by Adam Smith, foreseeing the essential capitalistic need for occupational specialisation, to improve productivity in the upcoming industrial world. He highlighted the economic dependency on the division of labour. However, over a century later, in 1893, Emile Durkheim wrote The Division of Labour in…
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A Study of the Queer Movement in India
Queer is an umbrella term that is used to refer to those people who define themselves as not heterosexual or not cis-gender. This term may additionally be used to refer to collectives, movements and campaigns that identify themselves as queer. The spectrum of non-heteronormative identities Before beginning a discussion on the queer movement, it is…
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Familiarity with Alienation: Karl Marx’s Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
Introduction In Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, Karl Marx aims to introduce the concept of ‘estranged labour’ and provide an expansive explanation of how it is interlinked with the concept of alienation, private property, monetary system, and the political economy. In his text, he introduces the four distinct kinds of alienation, that is, alienation of the…