Bsocsci Studienführer, Klassennotizen & Zusammenfassungen

This document provides a summary of the theory and objections of the problem of evil argument against the existance of God. It sums up what was said in lectures and all the relevant readings.

First cause argument for the existance of God and all taught objections

Summary and explanation of the theory of Pascal's wager as well the objections. All you need to know on this section of God for the exam.

Summary of philosophical terms and theories that were to be learnt for test 1.

Metaphysics of race summary and objections

In this essay I will outline the effect of race, class and gender on the structure of families in contemporary South Africa. Family structures are influenced by the history of racial segregation in South Africa, household income, culture and the neighbourhood that they live in. Following an description of the structure of families in South African households, I will briefly consider how care is provided to children and families by the state and market. South Africa has a comprehensive social sec...

Educational outcomes in South Africa are highly unequal and reflect inequalities across socio-economic classes and racial groups. This essay will explore education-related causes of the reproduction of inequality across generations. Bourdieu’s ‘theory of practice’ can help to understand how structural inequalities reproduce themselves through education. The causes can be explained from either side of the learner-teacher dichotomy. Approaching the question from the side of the learner, one ...

This essay discusses the proposed plans to restructure the provincial sphere of government in South Africa. The African National Congress (ANC) initiated a policy review on the system of provincial government in 2007 (hereinafter ‘policy review’), in order to respond to perceived shortfalls within the provincial sphere of government (hereinafter ‘provincial government’) (see South Africa [SA], 2007). Motivations for the proposed changes are critically discussed, with reference being made...

Community care workers (CCWs) perform a vital service in the health care system. The work that they do provides substantial cost savings to the health care system and governments rely on their work, which can be unpaid, to sustain public health services. Despite the important role that community health care has within the primary health care system, the occupation is not well recognised and seldom has fringe benefits. Salaries remain low and CCWs experience poor working conditions with numerous ...

The European sovereign debt crisis negatively impacted economies across the world, including South Africa’s. This essay focuses specifically on how this crisis, which was somewhat precipitated by the Great Recession of 2008-09, impacted South Africa’s (SA) economy. The essay follows a chronological discussion. Firstly, it is focused on the state of the South African economy and South Africa’s fiscal policy before the Great Recession. Secondly, it describes how SA’s economy responded to t...