Sociology Assignment: Analysis & Reflection Essays
Locating Social Inequality & Our Lives in Social History
Please use these Analysis and Reflection Questions to guide your reading and class discussions,
your group presentation in class, as well as for your written Analysis and Reflection Essays.
Please select two (2) essays to write, with a minimum of 1 page per question (2 questions = 2
essays = 2 pages). Remember to use an appropriate academic essay format including
introductions, clearly articulated arguments, transitions, and conclusions. Please number each
essay with the appropriate question number. Please use ASA style to cite your sources within
the text and provide a list of references at the end of your assignment.
1. Discuss the inte
elationship between law & policy with the interests of the economic
elites in each of the following stages:
A. The great depression and the beginning of the Welfare State XXXXXXXXXX);
B. The period of Economic Expansion and Welfare State Reform XXXXXXXXXX’s);
C. Globalization in the Electronic Age, Neoliberalism, and end of the Welfare State
(1980’s-today).
2. What forces gave rise to the weakening and
eaking of the social safety net/Social
Contract in the period from the 1980s to the present? What do we call this new period?
3. What is new about today’s globalization with regard to the technology of production,
communication, and distribution? How does this impact our lives in each of the
following aspects:
D. the political economy of wages and the market system:
E. culture, ideology and the media:
F. politics and structures of social control and domination.
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Argument
Argument is
presented clearly
and logically.
Logical points
uild directly upon
the thesis and
prior points.
Argument is
presented
clearly and
logically, but
points do not
necessarily build
on each other.
Argument is
ambling, and
there are
contradictions left
unaddressed.
There is no
discernible
argument.
Evidence
Each logical point
is backed up by
more than one
example. Evidence
is
strong and
sufficient to
advance the
argument.
Evidence is used
throughout the
paper to support
each claim and the
larger thesis.
Each logical point
is backed up by
one or more
examples.
Evidence advances
the argument, but
it may not be
sufficient. Uses
evidence in parts
to support ideas
OR relies heavily
on one source. Not
always connected
to larger thesis.
Several points of
the argument are
left without
evidence.
Evidence is
insufficient. OR
Overview of
sources/quotes
with no analysis of
the
examples/quotes.
A few pieces of
evidence are
thrown in here
or there, but not
used to defend
the main
argument.
Readings
Demonstrates
solid
understanding of
the major themes
of the course,
using readings and
lectures to define
concepts.
Argument is
placed within the
oad discussions
outlined in the
course. All
Demonstrates
understanding of
most of the major
themes of the
course, using
eadings and
lectures to define
concepts.
Argument is
placed within
some discussions
outlined in the
course. All
Demonstrates
understanding of
some of the major
themes of the
course, using
eadings OR
lectures to define
concepts.
Argument is not
placed within
discussions
outlined in the
course. Most
Demonstrates
little
understanding of
the major
themes of the
course. Readings
and lectures are
not used to
define concepts.
Argument is not
placed within
discussions
outlined in the
elevant readings
are clearly used to
support the essay.
elevant readings
are used to
support the essay.
elevant readings
are used to
support the essay.
course. Relevant
eadings are not
adequately used
to support the
essay.
Organizat
ion
Clear organization
with a natural
flow. Includes an
introduction,
transition
sentences to
connect major
ideas, and
conclusion. There
are few or no
grammar or
spelling e
ors.
Minimal passive
voice. Ideas and
evidence are
co
ectly cited.
Each separate
essay is numbered,
clearly addressing
every part of the
essay question.
Clear organization
with introduction,
transitions and
conclusion, but
writing is not
always fluid. There
are several
grammar or
spelling e
ors.
Ideas and evidence
are co
ectly cited.
Essays address
every part of the
essay question.
Organization is
unclear or without
necessary
component parts.
Significant
grammar or
spelling e
ors
(but not both).
Ideas & evidence
are co
ectly
cited. Essays
address every part
of the essay
question but not
in adequate
depth. Or only
some aspects of
the essay question
are addressed, but
those aspects are
addressed in
depth.
Little discernible
organization.
Significant
grammar and
spelling e
ors.
Ideas and
evidence are not
co
ectly cited,
or not cited at
all. Essays do not
address every
part of the essay
question, and
answers are not
in depth.
Sociology Assignment: Analysis & Reflection Essays
Analysis & Reflection Essay Ru
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