Short Essay Questions, SOCI 130, Spring 2008

1. What are the major concerns that are addressed with John McCain’s health care plan?
2. What are the undesirable costs of job-based health insurance?
3. How does the mutual aid model of health care differ from the professional model of health care?
4. How does the mutual aid model of health care differ from the state model of health care?
5. How does the professional model of health care differ from the state model of health care?
6. Why did the Chicago media fail to cover the heat wave in depth?
7. What is isolation and how did it contribute to the likelihood that a person would die during the Chicago heat wave?
8. How are North and South Lawndale different and why did these neighborhood characteristics affect death rates during the heat wave?
9. How did community policing relate to the mortality rate of seniors in Chicago during the heat wave?
10. Why did governments seek to privatize social services in the 1990s?
11. Why does the natural frame make it hard for people to recognize or accept the social frame?
12. What mechanisms did the mayor use to deny that the heat wave was a disaster for Chicago?