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Archive for August 2008

Work: Sweatshops

Posted by: dorcas on: August 28, 2008

Many offices today have grand entrances, big and attractive signboards, carpeted floors and rows and rows of computers. Some even employ the latest technology. Gone are the days of the cramped and stuffy old factories, filled with the smell of men’s sweat! Or… so we thought. In this modern society, it is amazing that we [...]

Class and inequalities: Good or bad

Posted by: dorcas on: August 21, 2008

            Inequality is a problem that has been around for a few decades. There are a few types of inequality, such as economic inequality and social inequality. Economic inequality focuses more on income, such as the widening of income gap, which results in the rich becoming richer, and the poor becoming poorer. Social inequality refers [...]

Introduction: Social problems and globalisation

Posted by: dorcas on: August 11, 2008

The lecture first started off with us looking at the paradoxes of society. The paradoxes of modern society are indeed many and to solve such problems may be quite tough. Paradoxes of modern society not only occur between countries but also in countries themselves.
 
Take for instance, Singapore. It is reported that our income gap [...]