Essays on Community

According to Hugh Evans “A global citizen is someone who self-identifies first and foremost not as a member of a state, tribe or nation, but instead as members of the human race”, this quotation speaks about the essence of being part of an emerging world...

As communication across cultures gets easier our world gets smaller helping us bridge the gap between us and our fellow nations. There is no shame in being proud of where you’re from but recently it seems people do so at the expenses of a marginalized...

In view of social mobility has started showing as a serious issue and deteriorating since the 1980s owing to this has faced different kinds of barriers. As previous reports, people, mostly young people, encounter them at each stage of education, from early years through to...

The government tends to affect and impact many people’s lives. It affects our education, what we consume and where our money goes when we pay our taxes. Political rights and civil rights form the base of human rights. It is significant and impactful in political...

In the 1950’s Notting Hill was an area with high rates of crime and high housing shortage and tensions began to rise between the white working – class and the black migrant residents, which later led to the riots. Archives digitised by the University of...

Unity or soildarity – it is being together or at one with someone or something. It’s the opposite of being divided. This is a word for togetherness or oneness. National unity is the first and foremost necessity of peaceful and prosperous country. No one can...

In political discourse but also in the theoretical debate of the social sciences, the idea of solidarity is very contested and open for many interpretations. It either describes a feeling, a behavior, a type of relation or an attitude. In many cases it is used...

Sociology is the study of society and how humans behave. There are many different studies that are included in the study of sociology, such as, families, culture, religion etc. Sociology is understanding how and why we behave the way we do, what shapes us to...

Costa Rica’s Ticos are known as a conflict-averse nation of cheerful and agreeable people who are famous for their laid-back approach to life. The essential idea of their lifestyle is expressed in the phrase ​“Pura Vida” (Pure Life)​. Ticos say it to each other basically...

‘Fresh Fruit Broken Bodies’ By Seth Holmes explores how the mexican migrant farmer population suffer. Seth spends a year and a half living and working with migrant farm workers. His accounts are from the fieldwork that he reported through writing and interviews with his surroundings...