References: American Educational Research Association. (2013). Prevention of bullying in schools‚ colleges‚ and universities: Research report and recommendations. Washington‚ DC: American Educational Research Association. Bauman‚ S.‚ Toomey‚ R. B.‚ & Walker‚ J. L. (2013). Associations among bullying‚ cyberbullying‚ and suicide in high school students. Journal of Adolescence‚ 36‚ 341–350. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.12.001 Baumeister‚ A Bender‚ D.‚ & Lösel‚ F. (2011).
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Authority Authority‚ power and legitimacy are perceived as fundamental elements of contemporary society for the sole reason that these are the defining features of a culture with political and social organisations and hierarchies. The term ‘authority’ is commonly misused by academics as a synonym for ‘power’ or ‘legitimacy’ which has led to confusion regarding the entire concept of authority. Authority is generally defined as a person (or group of people) who has the power or right to give orders
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The growth of ’legal transnationalism’‚ that is‚ the reach of law across nation-state borders and the impact of external political and legal pressures on nation-state law undermines the main foundations of sociology of law. Modern sociology of law has assumed an ’instrumentalist’ view of law as an agency of the modern directive state‚ but now it has to adjust to the state’s increasingly complex regulatory conditions. The kind of convergence theory that underpins analysis of much legal transnationalism
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References: Allen‚ J. (1992). Post Industrialism and Post Fordism. Modernity and its Futures‚ S. Hall & T. McGrew (eds.)‚ 169-220. London: Open University Press. Bauman‚ Z. (1996). From Pilgrim to Tourist- or a Short History of Identity. Questions of Cultural Identity‚ pp. 18-36. London: SAGE. Castelles‚ M. (1996). The information Age: Economy‚ Society and Culture‚ Vol. 1: The Rise of the Network Society. Oxford:
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Sea Stars (no longer considered called Star Fishes) are marine animals‚ part of the class Asteroidea. They are carnivorous invertebrates and can live up to 35 years. Despite the number of arms on a sea star averaging 5‚ they can grow up to 40 limbs. Sea Stars can be found almost anywhere but those located in the Pacific Ocean are getting hit with a mysterious condition. This condition starts out as a white or black lesion on the sea star’s body. From there‚ it spreads all over the body‚ causing
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Dictionary: The science or study of the origin‚ history and constitution of human society. Seeing the strange in the familiar. As Peter Berger says in his book‚ ‘the first wisdom of sociology is this: thing are not what they seem’. Or as Zygmunt Bauman says in his book‚ we need to ‘defamiliarise the familiar’. For instance‚ observing sociologically
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came from lower ranks within the bureaucracy. The terms were coined in a 1981 essay by the British Marxist historian Timothy Mason.[1] Notable functionalists have included Raul Hilberg‚ Christopher Browning‚ Hans Mommsen‚ Martin Broszat‚ and Zygmunt Bauman. Notable intentionalists have included Andreas Hillgruber‚ Karl Dietrich Bracher‚ Klaus Hildebrand‚ Eberhard Jäckel‚ Richard Breitman‚ and Lucy Dawidowicz. Intentionalist This intentionalist interpretation of this debate focuses directly on the
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Conspiracy theories flourish in times of confusion and uncertainty. Claims that the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings were part of some sort of US government-led false flag operation were circulating on the English-speaking internet before the dust had literally settled‚ particularly on conspiracy forums and social media groups like the Citizens Action Network. The news that the two bombing suspects were ethnic Chechens turned what had been a passing interest for the RuNet into the number one
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Anderson Bauman Tourtellot Vos & Co. An ABTV Industry Watch Report The American Furniture Industry: What Will It Take to Survive? The first decade of the 21st century has not been kind to the American furniture industry. Having experienced the “Asian Invasion‚” which rapidly eliminated nearly all domestic wood production and disrupted upholstery production‚ the industry is now facing a severe economic slowdown‚ with incoming orders 20 to 40 percent below normal levels. The combined impact
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The postmodernist theory of society states that we have reached a state in society by which we have surpassed the modern era. Modernism is the idea that society has become industrialised and that we live in a materialistic society. The modern era‚ according to modernist theorists‚ is one based around science and the development of intellectual thinking; this stands in stark contrast to pre-modern society in which understanding and the rules of society were based around religion. A postmodern era
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