Social Issues Essays

“Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy” – this is a statement which epitomises and defines the importance of agriculture in India. It is the driving force of the Indian economy. The following statistics drive home the point that various agricultural issues and problems need to be addressed and resolved …

The term of “Computer Revolution” refers to the tremendous change computers have had in Society because of its tremendous development in the last decade. This so called Revolution had facilitated the way we live in the last couple of years. The computers of today make life a lot easier than …

The Great Migration was the relocation of more than six million African Americans from the South to the North. They moved from rural areas to the cities, where more jobs and opportunities were available. The factory wages were triple what they made in the south. This movement occurred from 1916-1930. …

There are many different reasons why Capital Punishment was abolished in 1972 and even I, a firm believer in the death penalty, can see the legitimacy of some of these reasons. Yet this still does not justify letting someone who has wrongly taken the life of an innocent person. “In …

The sociological approach toward social problems differs from other approaches in that the sociological approach includes a focus on self-consciousness and building awareness that an individual’s interaction with society can oftentimes be influenced by forces outside of the single individual’s control or area of power. The author of one of …

In law, one may come across many individuals who support a certain belief or religion. It is entrenched in The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the United States Bill of Rights that the law cannot distinguish one belief or religion from another, and that it is our right …

A Comparative Study on Gender-Based Violence in Mexico and Saudi Arabia This is a double-country study, comparing a conservative Christian country and a conservative Islamic country in terms of the root cause of violence against gays and the response of the government to the said violence. The study will assess …

If I ask you to list some heroes in your heart, I bet you can list a lot. Yes, there are many heroes near or distant from us, but if I ask you “what is a hero?” what would you say? It is kind of hard to give a definition, …

Harper Lee uses her book To Kill a Mockingbird to explore two major issues; racism and prejudice. Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. The issue of racism is explored through Tom Robinson and his court case, where Tom Robinson; a black man; …

Jakarta as the metropolitan which occupied more than 9 million people population, which are exhibit incredible in a unique diversity of tribes, language, culture and traditions. As the nation capital, Jakarta is truly a “Melting Pot” of representatives from throughout the archipelago. Jakarta has extraordinarily developed and would be at …