The term was coined by writer and historian James Truslow Adams in his best-selling 1931 book "Epic of America." He described it as "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement." Ada...
Recently, the effects ofincome inequalitycoupled with the influence of wealth in government and politics have led some economists to argue that America has become or is moving towards becoming a plutocracy. Others suggest that the nation is at least a “plutonomy,” a society in which an afflue...
“Poverty is more than the lack of income and resources to ensure a sustainable livelihood. Its manifestations include hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion as well as the lack of participation in decision-making. Economic gr...
What can government do to encourage production of the efficient amount of education? Give examples where the government subsidizes goods or services. What is comparative education and its advantage? What are some of the social costs of inequality in America and other ...
Entrance of the Inter-American Development Bank headquarters at Washington, D.C., the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. JHVEPhoto / Getty Images European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): Created in 1991 after the fall of the Berlin Wall, ...
It all started with the discontent, caused by the oppression from Britain. After the war, Britain was looking for sources of income to cover their… American RevolutionConstitution View full sample Causes and responses to mental health and addiction in young… ...
Social mobility, movement of individuals, families, or groups through a system of social hierarchy or stratification. In revolution an entire class structure is altered, but social mobility may come about through slower, more subtle changes, such as the
social mobility.Social mobilityrefers to the movement of a person or their family from one social strata to another, or up or down a "rung" on the proverbial social ladder. This can be measured in terms of income, occupation, education, health, housing, or eve...
public opinion came to be understood as the collective view of a more specifically defined portion of the population, such as a particulardemographicor ethnic group. While commonly considered in terms of its influence on politics and elections, public opinion is also a force in other areas, such...
In a socialist system, all legal production and distribution decisions are made by the government. The government also determines all output and pricing levels and supplies its citizens with everything from food to healthcare. Proponents of socialism believe that it leads to a more equal distributio...