Emerging Issues. In as much as the mobility of the world's peoples has become a common occurrence, cultures are being put together with other cultures that are very much different. The areas of life that were once governed by the agents of socialization t
Emerging Issues Anthony Stamatouras University of Phoenix Dr. Evangelina Alonso May 25, 2010 Emerging Issues In as much as the mobility of the world's peoples has become a common occurrence, cultures are being put together with other cultures that are very much different. The areas of life that were once governed by the agents of socialization that are culturally specific such as schools, family, and churches, are now seen competing for the socialization of those that are moving to different countries to pursue financial betterment. Those people from what are considered poor countries are migrating to America, as well as other countries viewed as a means by which to better and individuals (Schaefer, 2007). It is now important for social psychologists to study the effect of the crossover of the cultures in order to understand methods of alleviating the "normal cognitive process" (Weiten, p 457, 2007) of stereotyping that leads to intolerance for the ideals exhibited by those from cultures other than the one in which the inclusion occurred. As an example, a high intolerance exists for Middle Eastern immigrants into America, stemming from the occurrence of 9-11. In the instance of the terrorist attacks, even cultures from outside America that had become part of America united: Hispanic, Russian, Chinese, and most all that were not of Middle Eastern descent. Even
Can You Explain Why A Single Monarchy Was Established In Scotland In The Middle Ages?
Can You Explain Why A Single Monarchy Was Established In Scotland In The Middle Ages? This question though not always approached diectly, is covered by a substantial body of modern historians. In contrast, this quantity is not paralelled by the literary evidence that we have for the early part of the middle ages. Dauvit Broun uses the the expression 'textual archaeology'1 in his impressive attempt to interpret the king lists, of which it is signaificant that only one surviving was acually written in Scotland. It is for this reason that aswell as litereary evidence, archaeology and place names are useful tools in trying to squeeze as much information out of a time and place that is so notably lacking in souces. Many of the historians that will be discussed in this paper contradict one another over the crucial issue of when a single monarchy was set up. Although these are undoubtedly important lines of study it will not be the main concern of this paper. They will be briefly discussed but the complicated polemics as to exactly when and who set up a single monarchy will not be the main focus, principally because it is my belief that the sources simply are not there to be certain as to when a single monarchy was set up. The main aim of this paper is to try to interpret why the monarchy was set up, dealing with more general socio-political trends. The arguments rergarding the
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The sense of culture associated with A Stench of kerosene.
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