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Opinions of Experts in the Search for Knowledge
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An expert is someone who has previous knowledge or expertise on the subject and also he or she is known to have demonstrated those characteristics, one who built his reputation, translating it into a status and recognition from the society he belongs.... An individual will know that he is talking with an expert if that person speaks authoritatively, especially basing from his specialized skills and experiences in addition to the credibility he has earned in the society....
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The Eliass Theory
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In this case, civilisation is not used to mean the society making progress but change in behaviour in persons by exercising self-control.... Without formation of the state, the society would be out of control due to lack of an organisation to control and inhibit conduct.... This paper ''The Elias's Theory'' tells that Most people believe that punishment is shaped by the rate of crime in society, but few have ever stopped to think about what accounts for shifts in penal practices....
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The Elderly
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This is however dependent on the people who wish to bring a change and that too for the betterment of the society as a whole.... It will take care of the problems that the society feels itself engulfed within and since one is at it, the manner in which the elderly of the future who are indeed the mature adults of today are treated will be defined in a proper way.... They are the saviors of the society and hence an all-out understanding on the part of the people is much required here....
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Impact of Micro and Macro Policies on the Elderly with Dementia
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Moreover, its emphasis will be on the elderly people in the society whose needs appear to be unique.... Moreover, its emphasis will be on the elderly people in the society whose needs appear to be unique as compared to other groups of people.... the society we live in has little regard for such people hence making them very vulnerable to abuse.... After all, they are the most senior citizens and thanks to them, the society is what it is because of the effort that they put in when they were still productive....
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Criteria of Good Community Mental Health
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hen a person is can carry out their roles in the society, and their behavior is adaptive to the environment, the person is said to be in good mental health.... Moreover, good mental health contributes to the development of the society in positive ways.... If the community is in good mental health, then the members of the given society will be productive.... Good mental health contributes to the development of society in positive ways....
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Lev Vygotsky and his Biography
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Vygotsky investigated how humans think, learn, and function within the context of society.... It attacks the notion that humans learn in isolation and that we act separate and apart from society.... Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes.... Culture, communication and cognition: Vygotskian perspectives....
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Tomlinsons Trope of the Angry Feminist
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It is a trope in the sense that the inequality in the society is reason enough for one to be angry, but they brush it aside with claims that the anger is born out of emotions and hatred.... The trope that goes around is that apart from seeking gender equality and sensitivity, feminists are hell-bent on reversing the societal order to a female dominated and run society (Tomlinson, 2010).... “Self as Enterprise: Dilemmas of Control and Resistance in Foucaults The Birth of Biopolitics” in Theory, Culture & society, Vol....
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How Men and Women Are Different Similar
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Vincent proves that men and women share many mutual problems, but according to her, in modern American society, it is harder to be a male, seeking for female approval.... This primitive urge can be a great disadvantage for men in modern society.... society does not expect them to show their weaknesses.... She reprimands women for provoking male hostility themselves when assuming their emotional superiority status which closes down all attempts for communication....
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Sociological Perspectives on Social class
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Though Max Weber came much later than Karl Marx, in contrast he viewed society as having several layers; not only two, and that factors other than the material were important.... He was of the view that society had three classes with class, status and party (or politics) as totally different elements.... For Marx, these dimensions are subordinate to class, but for Weber how they interact is a contingent question and one that will vary from society to society....
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Differences between Elitism and Pluralism
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Resources are scattered in the society and few resources are readily available to everyone.... he upper class and the aristocratic status are often assigned to the elite class and this in turn has led us to believe that they have a hold over the means of production in an elitist society.... he biggest reason which advocates the concept of pluralism is the ability of the pluralistic society to differentiate between potential and actual power.... Secondly, the pluralistic society is based on group statistics and not individuals....
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What Did Yuan Dynasty Writers Create in the Vernacular Songs
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Administration abolished Civil Service Examinations and introduced new interests and pursuits into the society and cosmopolitanism flourished in the capital city.... He was unhappy with the problems plaguing the society.... Its being reflection of the society of the day earns its greatest tribute.... They lived as recluses marginalised by the main society, with hardly any financial or social benefits.... Art forms evolved in society and flourished as they were not forbidden and here remains the greatness of Yuan emperors....
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Social versus Individual Fulfillment
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The paper "Social versus Individual Fulfillment" highlights that social expectations are hard to follow nowadays in China, as the society is shifting from collective society to individualistic society.... Social expectations are hard to follow nowadays in China, as the society is shifting from collective society to individualistic society.... Social versus Individual Fulfillment March 5, China has come a long way from its once-closed conservative Maoist society, as it turned into a symbol of rapid economic development....
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Course Questions: Reckitt Benckiser and Kingfisher Plc
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It is regarded that all actions of a company, that impact the society or environment, are reflected in the system's economic pattern in some form or the other.... There is a system for employee communication.... The Reckitt Benckiser group has reported sound financial figures....
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How Hackers Conduct Cybercrime, Methods to Secure Systems
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Mansell (2008) points out that the society today depends on the contingency plans to secure networks more effectively as the risk of network attack poses more disaster to the world than any other time in history.... The perpetrators of cyber-theft have a wide knowledge and experience in the internet technology and often apply this technology to capture customer's details such as names, account numbers, age, and other small details that may assist in executing their functions (Krebs, 2009)....
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Procurement Strategy for The University of Salford
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Therefore, it is important for the University to arrange on methods of payment that deliver great value for money and benefit to suppliers.... Reston, Va: American society of Civil Engineers. ... This is because the supply team can also benefit from incentives of cost savings.... They include the size of the project, the duration that the project will take, the scope of the project, the number of stakeholders involved, level of technology to be used, level of innovation required and the market conditions (Walker & Hampson, 2003). ...
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The Amalgamation of Fire Departments
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The paper "The Amalgamation of Fire Departments" describes that there is a need to involve everyone in the amalgamation process to ensure that internal political forces do not work to resist change.... All efforts must also be made to ensure that amalgamation does not result in increased costs.... ...
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The Effect of Management Style on Employee Behaviour
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This research paper "The Effect of Management Style on Employee Behaviour" focuses on theories of management and leadership which ultimately forms the foundation of a management style followed by a particular organization and its effect on employee behaviour.... .... ... ... The research paper will review different leadership styles which include traditional views, the style approach, the Tannenbaum and Schmidt theory, motivation theories, the styles propounded by Abraham Maslow and Frederick Herzberg, the cultural impact on management and job satisfaction and Vroom's Expectancy (Theory of Motivation)....
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Evidence and support for your claim
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Despite the good media seems to bring to society, some groups cannot help but take a step back and rationalize that media may also have a negative effect on individuals and society in general.... Media is reinforcing the notion that fighting is acceptable in society....
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Understanding the Law Administration in the USA
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Laws can be defined under the wide category of formulating such a state of the system that makes the society powerful enough to equip a common man with rights and duties.... Many Laws have been made since the beginning to evolve the society from its beginning and make it stand where it is today.... Laws can be defined under the wide category of formulating such state of system that makes the society powerful enough to equip a common man with rights and duties....
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A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood
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While the use of a private language is effective in creating family intimacy, the family also risks being isolated by the same language from the rest of the society.... The essay also delves on how language in a bilingual society can contribute to family intimacy, a sense of belonging as well as separateness both internally and externally.... When Rodriguez mastered English, he started viewing himself and his family as part of the American society as he could now fit in the public....
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The Historical Feld of Crime Prevention
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The crime prevention policies in 2010 not only assisted in reducing the rate of crimes, but also aimed at improving the quality of society life (Tonry 127).... The crime prevention strategies in United Kingdom benefit the young people more than other groups.... The paper 'The Historical Feld of Crime Prevention' presents crime prevention policies that reflect the changing discourses on young individuals in the United Kingdom....
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Gradual Change - Reassessing the Historic Impact of the New Deal
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One need only think of President Johnson's “Great society” legislation, the legislative activism of the Civil Rights era and, recently, the Obama administration's overhaul of the nation's health care insurance franchise to appreciate the magnitude of the evolution set in motion by the New Deal.... It was a historically significant success that continues to benefit Americans to the present day....
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Assessment of Marxist Theories of Fascism
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According to these non-Marxist theories, fascism is a product of a diseased society in crisis, or the consequence of moral failure and these theories revolve around the concept of a sick society and a world gone mad (Davies & Lynch, 2002, p.... In this way, Marxism saw the Nazi regime as a logical consequence of capitalism, it being the “most extreme case of the general evils of modern capitalist society” (Callinicos, 2001, p....
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Economic Geography
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However, looking at the development of technology in the historical perspective, the lack of natural resources drove the developed countries into exerting more efforts at innovation.... Ricardo Hausmann's "Prisoners of Geography" (Foreign policy Jan, 2001) emphasizes the importance of economic geography in the development of poverty-stricken nations....
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The Role of Decentralisation in Sustainable Urban Water Systems
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The world's escalating population growth and the rapid urbanization of the planet has placed a considerable demand on the existing infrastructure to provide fresh water and manage the wastewater and storm water resources.... .... ... ...
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Future of Natural Gas in the Mediterranean Basin
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The countries around the world are looking at this shale gas with suspect eyes because of the technology required to extract gas from rocks.... Natural gas is a combustible mixture of hydrocarbon gases.... While natural gas is formed primarily of methane, it can also include ethane, propane, butane and pentane....
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Destination Branding and Tourism Marketing
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ymbiotic Relationship Between On and Offline Marketing With the development of technology and advancement of every field, the means of marketing have also changed.... It directs the managers of the destination to provide advanced facilities to the visitors as they are becoming more and more perceptive, educated and technology addicted....
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Business foundation
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Name: Tutor: Course: Date: Uiversity: Introduction Choices Nightclub Entertainment Resort expects to attract a broad range of clients as the target market.... The night club seeks to capitalize on the Metropolis area that has numerous colleges and universities located nearby.... ... ... ... The high concentration of universities and colleges renders it easier to reach the target market via targeted advertising....
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Reduction of fossil fuel pollution
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However, with research and improved technology, it will not be long when these cars will be able to travel in the countryside or between states.... But with improved technology; greater affordability; change in mindset of people; and assistance from the government, private and manufacturing sector, fossil fuel powered vehicles will no longer be running the streets in the future....
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Electronic Waste
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The boom in the high information technology is the main contributor of this new kind of environmental challenge.... The more the human kind advances in information technology the more need to dispose the used electronic materials.... The boom in the high information technology all over the world is the main contributor of this new kind of environmental challenge that did not exist 20 years ago.... The more the human kind advances in information technology the more need to dispose the used electronic materials in order to give room for the new electronic materials....
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Offshore oil in gulf of mexico
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Offshore oil in gulf of Mexico Offshore oil production reflects a significant part of oil production worldwide.... In United States, offshore oil production represents, approximately, the 20% of the country's total oil production (Foster, Cicin-Sain and Knecht 65).... ... ... ... The Gulf of Mexico is one of the regions where such activity is highly developed....
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Harley-Davidson's Case
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The continued implementation of new performance and comfort innovations is a solution that can affect the general environment of management functions as well, not just in terms of companies dealing directly with motorcycle technology manufacturing, but also influencing other sectors.... In this way, technology can help out managers as well as employees by providing a good idea of customer attenuation that helps the company in general....
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Importance of accounting
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The advantage of these systems, compared to the traditional forms of accounting, is their ability to provide to their users access to a wide range of organizational (or personal) financial.... ... ... Richard Thaler (1985) has argued that ‘accounting systems can influence decisions in unexpected ways' (Thaler 1985, p....
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Project Finance Definition
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dentification of the sources of technology – a particular technology of a project's realization should be identified.... From the paper "Project Finance Definition" it is clear that the modern business world is characterized by the consequences of the global financial crisis....
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Lean Manufacturing Practices: Problems and Prospects
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It is the duty of the managerial and any employees to coordinate to come up with the best technology that suits the institution.... Journal of Manufacturing technology Managment, 21 (6), 670-686. ... Lean Manufacturing is defined as removal of activities and processes that are regarded as waste so as to generate more value for customers....
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Garmin in the Global Positioning Satellite Marketplace
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The most significant situation facing Garmin involves the product itself, as the majority of other GPS products on the market are quite similar to Garmin's technology and these GPS products generally perform the same or similar functions to the end user.... However, as GPS technology becomes more mainstream and late-to-market competitors begin to grow, Garmin faces the threat of losing market share and diminished sales volumes unless the business can create products which are important to the customer....
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Effectiveness of 7S Framework Model
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International Conference on Internet technology and Applications, 1 – 6.... Innovation in material science and emerging technology.... The paper 'Effectiveness of 7S Framework Model' states that the 7S framework was introduced by McKinsey and Company in the 1980s and has been extensively applied by practitioners to review several corporate organizations....
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Business Strategy: A Comparison of Walmart and Microsoft
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The paper "Business Strategy: A Comparison of Walmart and Microsoft" outlines that the fact of the matter is that firms within the same market can approach such strategy choices and business integration with a completely different perspective and outlook.... ... ... ... The author will discuss mega corporations that currently dominate their respective sectors....
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Types of Online Business Models
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Information technology is being linked to a multi-media and interdisciplinary system of information.... he use of information technology promotes electronic commerce.... The paper "Types of Online Business Models " is a perfect example of a business assignment.... The four types of online business models are affiliate marketing, advertising, selling services and selling products....
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Institutional Entrepreneur
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Some factors can include other companies in the same field, changes in technology, and even employees that determine changes that may be necessary for the company's survival in keeping up with the industry and what consumers are looking for from this type of company.... Some factors can include other companies in the same field, changes in technology, and even employees that determine changes that may be necessary for the company's survival in keeping up with the industry....
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High Paid CEOs
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In addition, after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and two bailout packages by government to ensure no further collapses a common person has become watchful about the society's scare resources and believes that these resources should not be wasted if they are not worth it.... If a Board of directors gets the option of buying a technology worth 500 billion dollars for its blue-chip company that has the potential to change the fate of the company, the chances are that one would buy that technology without considering the debt incurred (Bok, pp....
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The Concept of Offshore Outsourcing
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On the other hand, wide sections of the society argue against outsourcing in terms of the impacts it has on aspects such as unemployment, while sections of economists question the long term sustainability of outsourcing.... The paper " The Concept of Offshore Outsourcing" tells that the pro-outsourcing side of the debate- mostly made of corporate firms- relies on cost-cutting and comparative advantage theories, alongside their fiduciary duty to shareholders, but wide sections of society argue against outsourcing....
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Monopolies and the Laws Surrounding Them
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The paper "Monopolies and the Laws Surrounding Them" states that the monopoly was borne from the perfect competition model, and in some instances has outperformed due to the allocation of funds into their marketing and growth strategies, without having to continue mush research and development.... ...
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Poverty and Income Inequality in the United States
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Higher education facilitates the generation of basic and crucial proficiency to all sectors of society as well as the economy, including all the major sectors that impel development such as health care, education, governance, private-sector development, and the environment.... The paper "Poverty and Income Inequality in the United States" tells that the most generally acknowledged explanation for poverty and income inequality in the United States is the incapability of deprived individuals to earn more, which is in turn attributed to inadequate schooling and education....
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Corporate Social Responsibility
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The contribution of the organisations towards corporate social responsibilities includes certain monetary assistance to the society which would facilitate various social developments.... Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to the concept through which the organisations contribute for the betterment of the society and the environment.... Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to the concept through which the organisations contribute for the betterment of the society and the environment....
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Applying Quality Framework to Service Oriented Businesses of Mandarin Restaurant
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The dissertation "Applying Quality Framework to Service-Oriented Businesses of Mandarin Restaurant" focuses on the critical analysis of the effective way of implementing quality management in service-oriented businesses.... Quality frameworks were established for commodity management.... ... ... ...
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Social Class and Poverty
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The social stratification is a universal factor but inconsistent, it prevails in the society from generations and the strata are formed due to the belief of the people.... The stratification in the society is based on the caste system.... The caste system divided the society into many groups.... Meritocracy depends on the merit of the individual related to the job along with task which divides the society into groups causing inequality (Leon-Guerrero 30-50)....
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Anzaldua and Kingstons Feminist empowerment
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By creating a woman who can double task the role of a woman and a wife, Kingston presents a strong feminist voice in Fa Mu Lan representing how feminist voices can go beyond the limits of time and liberty, but also past the rigidity of customs that the society sets for women.... (Kingston) While Kingston works can be largely perceived as a strong opposition towards the oppression of women in the society, her writing can also be understood not just as a tool for attacking or competing for traditional male roles....
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Religion Changing Societies
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This paper covers the effect of religion in the society, how religion raises questions on identity and questions the concept of identity, and lastly how it creates a dilemma between faith and way of life.... Religion Changing Societies Even though religion has sparked a lot of debate, it has influenced the society both positively and negatively.... One can learn a lot from a society through its religion.... In other words, it determines the norms by which a society is founded....
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For Capital Punishment
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We will also attempt to answer the following questions: What should be the punishment for capital and heinous crimes plaguing society at present?... he question now is with enough knowledge through the availability of improved means of communication such as the Internet, is popular sentiment now for or against capital punishment?...
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