Unions and Labor Relations

1. As you read the information about unions in the introduction in Chapter 1, did you find that you already had a basic understanding of unions or was the information somewhat foreign to you? Explain your response – what did you already know about; what was new to you?
2. What do you think you will be most interested to learn more about, regarding Unions, and why?
3. Who were the most effective union leaders during the 1930s and 1940s? What are your criteria for effectiveness? Would these same leaders be effective now?
4. Explain what a sit down strike is and whether or not you believe it to be effective to resolve disputes, in general.

American Political System.

a paper in which you recount your first political impression, that is the first political event or issue that you can remember. speculate about how that event or issue may have shaped your views towards government and politics. did it leave you cynical? idealistic? apathetic? include a discussion of which political socialization agents have shaped the formulation of your political opinion while growing up. NOTE : the assignment has to cover a political event that you have experienced within the American Political System.

military service draft

-A question that arises with respect to war, especially in the United States, is the question of a draft. In your opinion, should there be a draft in this country? What are the pros and cons of compulsory military service? Write an essay in which you argue for or against the idea of a draft.

food-borne illness

Imagine that your city has experienced a drastic rise in food-borne illness. The public lacks the knowledge about appropriate food safety to prevent these problems, and they do not know how to educate themselves about nutrition and health.

•    Identify some common safety issues related to food purchase, storage, and preparation.
•    Describe some illnesses or problems the safety issues might cause, and ways to prevent the illnesses or problems.
•    Make recommendations for where readers might search for more information regarding food safety.

o    Include criteria that readers must use to determine credible sources of nutritional information.
o    Explain why it is important for readers to use these criteria when searching for information on nutrition and health.

Research online news sources, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and notices from the local health department to assist you with preparing content for the brochure.

Direct Action: An ethnography

Direct Action: An ethnography by David Graeber

A. What are the three main stages of the Ritual Process? In what way are they similar or different from Direct Action demonstrations?

B. Please illuminate the three stages of ritual processes through three detailed ethnographic examples from Direct Action activism.  What are the gendered radicalized and transnational tensions in the New York group’s DAN activism?

C.  Please discuss your own family rituals (nuclear and/or extended) through the optics of the ritual process, and the manners in which your own life shares or differs from the lived experiences and activist goals and projects of the DAN.

DAN = Direct Action Network

Macroeconomics

1. Why does investment spending not equal saving in the circular flow?

2. Discuss the limitations of national income accounting.

3. Discuss what is, and what is not, included in calculating GDP.

4. Why do total leakages and total injections have to be equal?

5. Why does the consumer price index exaggerate the inflation rate?