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From a Marxist perspective, one might see minor forms of corporate social responsibility as

Randall Collins argues that the true function of schools is that they

Earth First describes itself as a global organization, but its website contains links to local chapters in Montreal, the Netherlands, and Humboldt and Santa Cruz, California. What does this suggest about the organization?

Garrett Hardin believes that “a ‘just’ sharing of the world’s wealth among all the inhabitants, without coercive control of individual reproduction, would result in a continual, exponential growth of the human population” and much more suffering. This means Hardin is a

Two part question: Why do new things make us sad? What is the term for always adding new items to our lives?

The Environmental Defense Fund hires scientists, economists, and lawyers to lobby the government and to educate the public about the environmental consequences of modern life. They claim to have had a part in passing important elements of the Clean Air Act, California’s emissions rules, and a treaty to phase out CFCs. With what era of the environmental movement is this sort of organization most commonly associated?

According to Georg Simmel, city dwellers relate to one another

According to Randall Collins, our educational system is much like a “tribal initiation rite,” a “secret society,” or a “closed occupational caste.” For Collins, it is not a rational system that produces more efficient production but a mechanism for

According to sociologist Randall Collins, how would barring employers from asking about educational credentials reform and improve the educational system?

What is a common cause of amputations in adults?