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Post-Breakup Relationships, 2007.
This paper explores the relationships that heterosexual and homosexual couples maintain after they break up.
5,724 words (approx. 22.9 pages), 37 sources, APA, $ 138.95
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This literature review examines the relationships maintained by couples after they break up. The paper examines lesbian and gay relationships as well as heterosexual couples. In addition, it seeks to determine whether or not children have an effect on the contact the couple maintains following a relationship that ends. The writer found that very few studies exist on this topic and those that do are somewhat vague in their findings. This points to the need for further research in this area for future development of family therapy theories and outcomes.
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Introduction
Statistics
Literature
Review
Conclusion
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"For many years statistics have been thrown about that included the belief that 50 percent of marriages today, end in divorce. Recently this number has been challenged and the result was a reduction in the percentage of married couples believed to end in divorce. At one point according to the new statistical information provided by the National Center for Health Statistics 43 percent of married couples will end in divorce in America. Even more recently the New York Times published a study that placed the number at 40 percent. While this is encouraging news for engaged hopefuls it still means that out of every 100 couples that get married, only 60 of them will survive the long haul of marriage(Divorce Stats http://www.divorcereform.org/rates.html). "The National Center for Health Statistics recently released a report which found that 43 percent of first marriages end in separation or divorce within 15 years(Divorce Stats http://www.divorcereform.org/rates.html)." "
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Post-Modernism, Post-War Critical Theory and Marxism, 2003.
A comparative analysis of post-modernist theories with post-war critical theory.
3,148 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 91.95
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This paper embarks on an examination of the work of post-war critical theorists Adorno, Horkheimer and Marcuse who capture the dominant themes of post-war Critical Theory well. It proceeds to show how many parallels are evident between post-war Critical Theory and the more recently formulated postmodernist theories. An examination of postmodernist theories then ensues, taking as exemplars the work of Baudrillard, Jameson and Harvey. It concludes by arguing that postmodernist theories do indeed revisit the critique of modern culture, which post-war Critical Theory began and they do so without the political commitment to Marxism. An explanation for this follows, discussing the events which ?shattered a whole generation of French intellectual?s beliefs in the moral supremacy of Marxism? and sheds light on the climate which ultimately paved way for the emergence of postmodernism.
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"Advertising encourages individuals to view themselves primarily as consumers, and under the guise of entertainment, audiences are manipulated into accepting and conforming to existing society. Kellner captures this sentiment well claiming ?advertising progressively fuses in style and technique with the entertainment of the culture industry, which in turn can be read as a series of advertisements for existing society and the established way of life? (1989:33). The culture industry is designed to discourage individuals from challenging the given order, to think critically and indeed, think for themselves. ?The need, which might resist control, has already been suppressed by the control of individual consciousness? (1995: 121). Adorno and Horkheimer show how the products of the culture industry are similar to those produced in a factory, sharing their belief that ?under monopoly all mass culture is identical?. (1995: 121)."
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Workplace Relationships, 2002.
A discussion of the issues concerning relationships in the workplace such as office romances and nepotism.
893 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper examines how relationships in the workplace are often positive in nature and allow for employees to enjoy their work experience and how the most controversial workplace relationship is the office romance. It looks at how the detrimental effects of these types of relationships range from sexual harassment suits to retaliatory actions after the breakup to jealousy from coworkers. It also evaluates how friendships and nepotism work much like a romance as far as office jealousy and a feeling of unfairness in the workplace is concerned and how workplace romance policies usually exist at companies around the country, but nepotism policies often do not.
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"As women now constitute forty-six percent of the American work force, office romances and dating is a fact of life. As the preceding survey results indicate, some offices have gone so far as to completely ban this type of interaction. The problem with this knee-jerk type of reaction is that it tends to push office relationships underground. Coworkers will still get involved with one another and everyone will know about it except management. In a recent survey of Canadians conducted by Workopolis.com, sixty-three percent of the respondents indicated that they had a workplace romance in the past. However, only fifty-seven percent said that they felt workplace romances were acceptable."
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AT&T's Breakup, 1995.
Examines the motivations and strategy behind the decision, competition, post-breakup structure, shareholders, goals and the future.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 11 sources, $ 71.95
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"AT&T'S BREAKUP: STRATEGIC MOTIVATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
Introduction
AT&T announced on 20 September 1995 a decision to break the present company into three separate companies.. Because AT&T is a giant corporation and because the company is highly profitable, questions arose in relation to both motivations and possible outcomes.. This research examines the AT&T action with a view toward answering the question: "What are the strategic reasons for and implications of AT&T's spinoffs along business lines?" In examining this question, the factors that motivated the AT&T decision are identified, the strategy being followed by the company in the breakup is explained, the intended post-breakup character of the spinoff companies is described, the policies that ..."
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Post-Modernism, 2004.
This paper discusses the philosophy of post-modernism, a complicated set of ideas, which are a reaction against failed modern thought without a clear goal for future direction.
3,465 words (approx. 13.9 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 97.95
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This paper explains that post-modern sociology and culture has arisen from the after-effects of modern thought; just as values clarification and situational ethics were watch words of the 1980s, post-modernism has become the self-identification moniker of the 21st century. The author believes that the individual is now defined in terms that are important to the individual, rather than in terms of his relationship to the surrounding culture. The paper points out that the term 'post-modernism' has its origins in architecture and art; the post-modern artist grew tired of the traditional means and, in the case of the extreme post-modern artists, accepted the premise that life itself was meaningless.
Table of Contents
Introduction and Post-Modern Definition
Post-Modern Sociology and the Resulting Contradictions
The Self as Social Construction in the Post-Modern World
Post-Modern Individualism as Products of Self-Construction
Power and the Post-Modern Self
Post-Modernism and Responsibility
Conclusion
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"Previous generations have sought to bring order and organization to the understanding of self, individualism and personal identify. The postmodernist revels in disorder, and a lack of consistent structure. The postmodern thought system has tired of looking for consistency and meaning in everyday life. Through disappointments with society, and with self, postmodern critical thinkers look to self for guidelines for life. No longer is the goal of a unified culture held as a workable or even desirable goal. Because too many people groups have varied desires and experiences of that same culture, the idea of a homogeneous self identify within the larger social order has been disguarded. The upper middle class business person can never have the same experiences of life as the inner city child growing up on welfare."
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Post-Development Thinking, 2006.
An analysis of post-development thinking and post-structuralism in development theories.
2,278 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 19 sources, APA, $ 70.95
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The paper provides an historical, analytical and critical analysis of development theories. It traces development from modernization, as a globalization project and as a post-structuralist construction. The paper argues that post-structuralism in development studies has opened a wider debate in critically understanding development theory and practice, but the paradigm falls short as a historical project for emancipation and empowerment.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Modernism, Marxism and Neoliberalism vs. Post-Structuralism
What has Post-Structuralism done in the Development Debate?
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"The crisis of development theory and practice dates back in the 1980s when development as a project failed to alleviate majority of the people from poverty, the crisis of alternatives to neoliberalism due to the collapse of socialism, and the claims of diversity and rejection of homogenisation of the category "Third World" (Simon 1997). The rise of the neoliberal discourse - roughly the emphasis on the market over the state in governance - reached its global scope as hegemonic states and international institutions implemented the Washington Consensus across regions: structural adjustment programs (SAPs) in Latin America and Africa, 'shock therapy' liberalisation and privatisation in post-communist countries, and financial liberalisation coupled with currency devaluation in Asian developmental states as a response to the 1997 Asian Crisis. This interventionist prescription resonating from the international down to the local levels represent what critiques of this development paradigm call modernist or structuralist view on development. Post-development discourse is founded on three critiques to modernization theory: the failure of the development process to alleviate the poor and the marginalised from poverty and hunger; the exclusion of the participants themselves from the formulation of these development strategies; and the over-emphasis of Marxist and Modernist theories on structures rather than agency towards social change."
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Case Study of Potential Post-Streptococcal glomerulonephritis, 2002.
This medical essay is a case study of an adult woman who is exhibiting symptoms of Post-Streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN), or "Post-Strep Syndrome".
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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This medical essay is a case study of an adult woman who is exhibiting symptoms of Post-Streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN), or "Post-Strep Syndrome", as it affects the kidneys but can also present hypertension or other symptoms normally pertaining to cardio-respiratory concerns; however, in this study an auto-immune reaction is also of concern. The essay provides detailed results of preliminary examination, including blood work and other diagnostic tests. Initial treatments are discussed and PSGN is described with relation to the woman's symptoms and risk-factor.
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Post-Modernism, 2004.
An analysis of the theory of post-modernism, as seen in film.
7,876 words (approx. 31.5 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 170.95
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This paper examines the roots, evolution, and apparent direction of post-modern thought as it appears in cinema presentations of the city and its citizens. Post-modernism guided the late 20th century and now shapes our understanding of the 21st. The culture, people, literature, and arts all carry the post-modern constructs, which shape our future through chaos and find direction from a lack of boundaries. Americanism has drifted into post-modern culture through the evolution of our collective goals, dreams, and our realizations and disappointments in reaching toward the same. The post-modern mind is finding freedom in its new paradigm, but is this freedom to become greater than itself, or is post-modern thinking an attempt to cast off past failures without taking ownership of the future?
Contents
Setting the Stage
Tarnished Tales from the Silver Screen
Characters
Settings
Scenes
The Setting
Scenes
Conclusion
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"Postmodernism is also a reaction to modernity, and hence derives its name from the same. The modern era, ushered into the American dream through the scientific process and critical thinking constructs of the 60?s and 70?s, carried with it the promise of a better life. Through breaking down problems into their basic components, and engineering those pieces, culture, the economy, and business could be improved. The advances in business through this understanding brought success and economic expansion which the country had never before experiences. Theorem proposed ? theory supported. Because of the economic progress, culture was able to expand and grow. We traveled, dined out, and created an entire entertainment industry through the economic expansion, and the increase in disposable income."
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Post-Industrial Society, 2002.
An examination of the changes in society as it moves from industrial to post-industrial.
2,850 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 84.95
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This paper mainly discusses the post-industrial society and the transition process from industrial to post-industrial society. By using the articles and the ideas of Castells, Bell, Negri and Hardt, the writer explains how the post-industrial society has emerged, and predicts the shape of post-industrial society in future. The writer also tries to construct his own point of view about the post-industrial society and explains the reason why he calls post-industrial society a digital society.
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"Post-industrial society is a conception of late 20th century, which simply emphasizes the declining dependence of the societies on mass manufacturing industry and the increasing roles of service sector, knowledge and information technologies in production. By contrast the industrial society, which precedes post-industrial society, refers to the mass production (factory-based) as the dominant form of production. I think the best definition regarding post-industrial era has come from Daniel Bell, who is also considered as the father of post-industrial society. He suggests that post industrial society includes the birth and growth of a knowledge class, change from goods to service sectors and change from blue-collar to white-collar occupations. For him, all of these could be based on an increasing dependence on science as a means of innovation as well as a means of technical and social change."
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The Need for Stability and Post- War America, 2002.
Examination of the relationship between the prosperity of Post-War America and the changing social structure of Post-War America.
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This paper examines the relationship between the post- war prosperity, the development of the suburbs, and the perceived need for conformity in the United States. These factors, while apparently extremely different in appearance, are all connected through the changing social structure of America. The main cause of this change is best explored as that of a need for stability and the new finances that allowed the new American middle class to chase after that stability.
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Modernism and Post-Modernism, 2002.
A discussion of the the study of film as a post-modern event.
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Discusses the study of film as a post-modern event. Defines the aesthetic values & dynamics of modernism and post-modernism. Post-Modernism as a cultural, aesthetic & historical issue. Structuralist thinking. Development of post-modern material and fragmented surface style in film. Examples: CONTEMPT, RESEVOIR DOGS, PULP FICTION.
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"Movements in artistic expression often occur spontaneously and are then given a name to identify a perceived trend. This is clearly the case with reference to both modernism and postmodernism, and the very fact that we have seen a need to find a name for the changed environment after 1960 shows that postmodernism exists in some degree--it exists because we have named it, but that does not make it any more a coherent or "intentional" movement than was modernism. In film terms, postmodernism primarily shows a certain weariness with modernism rather than a drive to something clearly new. The elevation of film to a subject for study is itself a postmodern event, signaling as it does the end of the modernist division into High and Low culture. The increasingly self-reflexive nature of modern film along with the elevation of style over substance are..."
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Post-Abortion Emotional Distress, 2007.
This paper evaluates current research from varying positions about the potential of post-abortion emotional distress.
1,105 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper reports that the demonstrative research associated with post-abortion emotional distress is clouded by ideologically driven bias. The author points out that more balanced research indicates that there are relatively few cases of extreme emotional distress post-abortion and often those extremes occur because of secondary causation such as high risk factors for emotional distress. The paper indicates (1) that post-abortion emotional complications can be dealt with similar to any other serious life stress emotional response and (2) that abortion gives woman access to intervention thus reducing potential stress from an unwanted pregnancy. The paper includes several long quotations.
Table of Contents:
The Abortion Debate
Divergent Opinions
Extreme Ideologies
Research on Post-Abortion Emotional Distress
Driven by Ideology
Consensus is Most Emotional Responses are Moderate
Post-Abortion Emotional Intervention
Environment of Abortion
Treatment should be as with Any Other Life Stressor
Unique Opportunity to Access
Conclusion
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"This trauma can then be dealt with in a logical and constructive manner, befitting any other stressful life event, such as the loss of a partner in a separation, being fired from a job or getting into a car accident. Depression, protracted grief or general feelings of guilt, when they occurs must be treated as a logical outgrowth of life stress not as a special case of social and emotional concern, because of the nature of the stress. Though this is not to say that the situation does not require consideration of emotions particular to the guilt, sadness and or feelings of abandonment that could be directly ..."
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Child Abuse Among Salvadoran Immigrants, 2002.
An inquiry into Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and child abuse among Salvadoran immigrants and the after-effects of war.
7,597 words (approx. 30.4 pages), 103 sources, MLA, $ 166.95
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This study explores the presence of psychosocial stress and post-traumatic stress disorder among Salvadoran immigrants and its effects on physical child abuse. Psychosocial stress is measured using the Hispanic Stress Inventory, which is comprised of five subscales: occupational/economic stress, parental stress, marital stress, immigration stress, and family/culture stress. Post-traumatic stress disorder is measured using The Civilian Mississippi Scale of PTSD. The results on Post-traumatic stress disorder and child abuse indicates no significant differences between abusive and non-abusive parents.
Further personal testimonial accounts on the effects of immigration are also explored.
Table of Contents:
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Contributing Factors for Child Abuse
Effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM AND HYPOTHESES
METHODS
Participants
Instruments
Definition of Variables
Procedure
RESULTS
Demographic Profile
Hispanic Stress Inventory
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Participant Memories
DISCUSSION
Summary
Conclusions
Recommendations
REFERENCES
APPENDIX 1
Demographic Questionnaire (English)
Demographic Questionnaire (Spanish)
APPENDIX 2
The Hispanic Stress Inventory (English)
The Hispanic Stress Inventory (Spanish)
APPENDIX 3
The Civilian Mississippi Scale for PTSD (English)
The Civilian Mississippi Scale for PTSD (Spanish)
APPENDIX 4
Qualitative Interview Protocol (English)
Qualitative Interview Protocol (Spanish)
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"Recent upheavals in war-torn El Salvador and Guatemala and the depressed economy in Mexico have driven thousands of refugees from their home countries. A vast number of these families have immigrated to the United States, bearing the scars of war and economic hardships. Consequently, many of these present-day immigrants are currently suffering from emotional and psychological problems. Often these problems are the primary root of daily stresses and social problems, which have lead to difficulties in social adjustments."
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Post-modern America, 1991.
This paper argues that American society, politics and economy can be thoroughly classified as post-modern, defines the post-modern sensibility and analyzes contemporary socio-cultural conditions.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 11 sources, $ 111.95
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"The question of whether we live in a post-modern culture will be examined through an analysis of contemporary political, economic and cultural conditions in the U.S. The discussion will first begin with a description of postmodern sensibility. Key portions of this sensibility (particularly the importance of image) will then be presented, through a overview of the predominate role of television, media consultants and the relative absence of active citizens in modern political campaigns. The paper will go on to argue that the American economy itself can be classified as post-modern, characterized by flexible accumulation and personal insecurity. The analysis will conclude with a discussion of how Adorno and his supporters might respond to the claims of post-modern theory, taken the ... "
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 2005.
A look at post-traumatic stress disorder as it pertains to members of the U.S. military.
29 words (approx. 0.1 pages), 114 sources, APA, $ 17.95
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This paper deals primarily with post-traumatic stress disorder as it pertains to the military and discusses some of the problems that many of these individuals face when they return from combat or other military service. The first chapter examines the statement of the problem and provides detail about why a study of this nature is necessary. It also discusses the hypotheses that were created by the researcher and ensures that there is a thorough understanding of what will be studied. In chapter two, the literature on the subject is reviewed. Since there is not enough literature to provide a comprehensive account of post traumatic stress disorder when it comes to the military, other areas of post traumatic stress disorder and other causes of it are also examined. The third chapter deals with the methodology of the issue and how the study itself was conducted. What kind of data was collected, as well as where it came from and how it will be analyzed are all important issues discussed in chapter three, which provides a strong lead-in for chapter four, where the data that was collected is actually analyzed. This analysis is at the heart of the study, and the hypotheses that were created in chapter one are dealt with again in light of the information collected. In the last chapter, the information is summarized and conclusions are drawn about the issue. The recommendations for future research into the area of post traumatic stress disorder and the military are also provided.
Chapter One
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Importance of the Study
Scope of the Study
Rationale for the Study
Overview of the Study
Chapter Two
Review of Related Literature
Chapter Three
Research Design and Approach
Population and Sample
Collection and Tabulation of Data
Data Analysis Procedure
Limitations of the Study
Reliability and Validity of the Data
Survey Instrument
Experimental Group Survey
Control Group Survey
Chapter Four
Analysis of the Data
Experimental Group - Survey Answers
Control Group -Survey Answers
Chapter Five
Summary, Recommendations, and Conclusions
Summary
Recommendations
Conclusions
Works Cited
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"The issue of post-traumatic stress disorder is one that has been misunderstood for many years. There are individuals that study it and discuss how significant it is, and there are others that see it as some kind of made-up problem that is really not important enough to focus on. Both of these are valid points of view but, in recent years, it has generally been accepted that post-traumatic stress disorder does exist, and that the study of it is important. Unlike standard medical problems, such as diseases that affect the body, post-traumatic stress disorder is not something that can be 'cured,' as it is understood in the traditional sense."
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