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SOCIOLOGY in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

Introduction The doctrine of sociology emerged in the nineteenth century from the major discipline of philosophy; is primarily credited to Auguste Comte. Despite Comte’s formulation of the terminology, sociology, and its basic tenets, the subject was also fashioned by Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. Many academia and other pundits have

ARTICLE REVIEW: CITY LIMITS in Writing JoeUser Forums

AUTHOR: Mohammed TEXTBOOK: Contending with Destiny: The Caribbean in the 21st Century EDITOR: Professor Kenneth Hall and Denis Benn Paul Andrew Bourne, B.Sc. (Hons); Dip. Edu. INTRODUCTION Mohammed (2000) in “Contending with destiny: The Caribbean in the 21st Century” forwarded a viewpoint on the changing roles of

‘Development’ vs Development in Writing JoeUser Forums

By Paul Andrew Bourne, MSc. (pending), BSc. (Hons.) “Poor people have to meet the increasing price of foodstuffs whose extra cost does not necessarily mean an increase in nutritional value; indeed in many cases much of the food in advanced societies is losing its food value.” Andrew Webster, 1970, p.16 Webster’s sociological

THE POLITICS OF POLITICS in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Paul Bourne, BSc. (Hons.) INTRODUCTION Topology of typology - Jamaica Eastern Jamaica represents extremely steep and rugged topography with the crest of the Blue Mountain Range reaching 2254 m within about 10 km of the coast. Landscape in eastern Jamaica is geologically young (Quaternary). It is seismically most

HIV/AIDS And The JAMAICAN ADOLESCENTS in Religion JoeUser Forums

A historical comparative perspective of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and its impact on the Jamaican adolescents. By Jamar Davis and Paul Bourne B.Sc. (Hons.), Dip. Edu. Introduction/Background In Jamaica, the HIV/AIDS pandemic has unleashed its supremacy over the general populace. This virus is single-handedly annihilating the produ

THE BLACK THINKER: in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

By Paul Andrew Bourne, M.Sc. (pending); B.Sc.; Dip. Edu. William Edward Burghardt DuBois, to his admirers, was by spirited devotion and scholarly dedication, an attacker of injustice and a defender of freedom Gerald C. Hynes

PREVALENCE OF DRUG USE IN SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS IN JAMAICA in Writing JoeUser Forums

BY PAUL ANDREW BOURNE, M.Sc. (pending); B.Sc.; Dip. Edu. INTRODUCTION Drug use among youth is explaining many of their social deviant behaviour. With the widespread availability and enormous variety of drugs, serious implications are placed on the society. Kleber (1994) confirmed that the use and abuse of drugs is a critical issue in most societ

DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF JAMAICANS in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

By Paul Andrew Bourne, M.Sc. (pending); B.Sc.; Dip. Edu. INTRODUCTION Health status is the bedrock upon which all human society exists; hence, the health of a populace plays an imperative role in the wellbeing of population transition. Many peoples throughout the world and in particular Jamaica conceptualize health and health care as the absence

ATTITUDE OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL TOWARD GIFTED CHILDREN in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

An investigation into the attitudes of school personnel toward ‘gifted’ children in two inner-city secondary school in Kingston, Jamaica. By Paul Andrew Bourne, M.Sc. (pending); B.Sc.; Dip. Edu. INTRODUCTION The education system is a mode of psychosocial and cultural socialization for all societies (Haralambos and Hol

SILENCE: FOSTERING THE HEGEMONIC CRISIS IN JAMAICA in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Paul Andrew Bourne, B.Sc. (Hons); Dip. Edu. The hegemonic categorization of the Jamaican landscape is primarily the justifiable reason for the sophisticated demonstrations and the social hemorrhaging of the masses. Many of those happenings are caused from the lack of monologue of the business constituents. This group of elitists has exponentially benefited

NEGLECT OF THE ELDERLY in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Paul Andrew Bourne, B.Sc. (Hons); Dip. Edu. Many developing countries continue to grapple with deficient economic resources, reprehensible government policies and a robust hegemonic class that exploits the laboured class; with a social welfare system, that does not ameliorate the wellbeing of the poor. With time, it is revealed that the demagogues are p

FAIR INTERNATIONAL TRADE in Life JoeUser Forums

Paul Andrew Bourne, BSc. (Hons) Demography and Economics Fair trade" or "Fairtrade" aims to guarantee not just fair prices, but also the principles of ethical purchasing. These principles include adherence to [International Labour Organization] ILO agreements such as those banning child and slave labour, guaranteeing a safe workplace and the right to un

MARGINALIZATION OF SINCLE MOTHERS in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Paul Andrew Bourne, B.Sc. (Hons); Dip. Edu. INTRODUCTION Contemporary societies hold particular social prejudices through their interpretations of the world, which unfold in their actions, policies and thesis. Many systems are designed against stated groups. Single mothers are oftentimes viewed as outcast, and if they are young

PRENATAL RESTRICTION in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Paul Andrew Bourne, B.Sc. (Hons); Dip. Edu. The W.H.O must be credited for its involvement in advancing women’s ‘rights’ more so in the area of freedom of reproductive choices, and its effort in the coinage of a conceptualization on the phenomenon. This organization coupled with the United Nations (UN) has extensive researched population issue

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A CALL FOR EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH in Life JoeUser Forums

Paul Andrew Bourne, Dip. Edu; B.Sc. (Hons) Adam Smith and other classical theorists examined determinants of development and their influence on peoples’ well-being, effectively giving birth to the theoretical construal of development as an economic phenomenon. They inferred that development was a function of economic indicators: such as, econo

Bourgeois-Militarization: A National Problematique in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Paul Andrew Bourne, B.Sc. (Hons); Dip. Edu. Capitalist ideology is the main source of interpreting the socio-political world since the late fifteenth century. (Addo, 1985, p.20) This Eurocentric edifice is generally promulgated as the ontology of this social and physical universe. Europe has not governed the world since its inception but their phi

Only If in Art JoeUser Forums

Only if Only if That is, only if Only if… I had not met her Then I would not have loved her I wonder Is it sadness, bewilderment or qualm? Well! I don’t know But, this I do She was fearless to love, kind, gentle and respectful to ALL then… How? How can this be? my mind is crippled with <

‘CRAZY’ in Art JoeUser Forums

i walk the streets in search of class, knowing that leadership mars not subordinates but see truths searching for something that was yesterday tangible, the position of ‘men’ on pedestals i lamented from the decoration of carcasses that pave the cities’ streets calling for justice and peace the good gods of t

politics in Politics JoeUser Forums

I sat in my homeland just looking at the gods’ majestic creations in amazement when a voice muttered “Look to the other side!” It was then that I understood ‘That all men are not created equally’, for a black expression was kept struggling against the winds without that proud ancestral stride All that’s thei

beauty in Art JoeUser Forums

Beauty!! Did I say beauty? Yes! Beauty is abstract , NOT concrete Beauty is NOT, a colour Beauty CANNOT be painted on; Beauty is NOT, skin deep To hell with your views on me! To hell with your soap opera beaus To hell with your magazine girls’ and boys’ physiques I want to be ME, not you or them Beauty is a g

THE SUNKEN VESSEL in Art JoeUser Forums

The light shone beneath the coloured vase, parch leaves soaked through a red rose slit palpitating with rhythmical tones then music seeps in that twilight zone and the one eye god sparkles to entertain that eve dress code. The You roared at the entrance of the cleft because fragrance tinkled those heart-throbs moves from the lo

The Place, the Paradise, the Dream in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

The Hillside Eco-tourism project, Jamaica By Paul Andrew Bourne, M.Sc. (pending); B.Sc. (Hons.); Dip. Edu. Background and Demographic profile Hillside is a rural community in the inner part of St. Thomas, Jamaica. The community is adjacent to Serge Island Farms and the community of White Hall. The Farm is to the east and White Hall to the